A Timeline of the Age of Exploration

The major explorers of North America. The section open with events that opened the Age of Exploration. The next major entry is all about Columbus's four voyages and the impact of his voyage. The other major explorers are covered including the destruction of the Aztec and Incas Empires. Explore Explorers by County

	1005 Viking's Land The Vikings Began Exploring the North Atlanic in 982
	1450-Age of Exploration Begins Prince Henry Began the Age of Exploration by pushing for expeditions to new lands
	1492-Christopher Columbus Largely credited with being the first European to discover North America in Age of Exploration
	1492-Columbian Exchange The interaction between the New World and the Old changed both forever
	1493 Spanish in Caribbean The Caribbean after the Spanish Conquest
	1494 Treaty of Tordesillas This treaty divided the world between Spain and Portugal
	1495 Conquistador Using Conquistadors the Spanish conquered the Americas
	1497 Vasco De Gama Sails to India The Portuguese reached India that to Vasco De Gama
	1497 John Cabot- Rediscovered North America On June 24th 1498, Cabot reached Labrador, which he claimed for England. .
	1513 Juan Ponce de Leon- Explored Florida Ponce de Leon explored the coast of Florida including the Gulf Coast.
	1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa- Discovered the Pacific The Pacific Ocean was reached by European explorers for the first time
	1517 The Aztec Empire The Aztec Empire Covered most of what today is Mexico
	1519 Cortes Begin to Conquer Aztec With a very small army he conquered s.
	1519 Ferdinand Magellan- Circled the earth Magellan led and expedition that circled the earth for the first time.
	1519 Giovanni De Verrazano-Entered New York Harbor New York Harbor was discovered by Verrazano
	1531 Francisco Pizzaro- Conquered the Incas The Incas Empire was conquered by the far weaker Spanish led by Pizzaro
	1540 Francisco Coronado Explored the SW The Southwest of the US was explored by Francisco Coronado
	1544 Jaques Cartier- Explored St Lawrence Cartier claimed Canada for France by exploring the St Lawrence River
	1565 Hernado De Soto- Explored the Mississippi Desoto is best known for his exploration of the Southeastern United States and his discovery of the Mississippi Rive.
	1603 Samuel de Champlain-Settles Canada Champlain began the settlement of Canada on behalf of France.
	1607-Drake Circles the Earth Sir Francis Drake circled the earth on behalf of England
	1609 Henry Hudson- Explored the Hudson River Henry Hudson explored the Hudson River on behalf of England
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