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Mar 27, 1400
Henry the Navigator
Portugese explorer, First explorer -
Period: Mar 28, 1400 to
Timeline
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Mar 28, 1488
Bartholomeu Dias
Rounded the tip of Africa -
Mar 27, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Italian sailor, sailed for Spain, believed he had landed in India -
Mar 27, 1497
Vasca Da Gama
Portugese explorer, set out for India -
Mar 27, 1497
John Cabot
Sailed from england to the atlantic coast -
Mar 28, 1500
Pedro Cabral
Discovered Brazil -
Mar 27, 1502
Amerigo Vaspucci
Sailed along the coast of south america -
Mar 27, 1513
Vasco Nunez de balboa
Led an expidition across the isthamus of panama -
Mar 27, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
portuguese explorer, First person to circumnavigate -
Mar 28, 1519
Hernan Cortez
Defeated the Aztec empire, Conquering Mexico for Spain -
Mar 27, 1524
Giovianni Da Verazzano
First to find the hudson bay -
Mar 27, 1534
Jacques Cartier
Sailed past the island of newfoundlan into the St. Lawerence River -
Mar 28, 1539
Francisco Pizarro
Led an expedition to Peru -
Mar 27, 1577
Sir Francis Drake
sent on a trip to south america to explore the coast -
Henery Hudson
Set out north hoping to find a northeast passage around europe -
Samuel De Champlain
Founded the city of Quebec -
Rene' Robert La Salle
Canoed down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico
