The Age of Exploration

Explorer	Years of Exploration	Accomplishments of Explorer
Portugal
Bartolomeu Dias	1487-1488	Sailed Around the southern tip of Africa
Vasco de Gama	1497-1499	Sailed Around Africa to India
Pedro Alvares Cabral	1500	Sailed to Brazil
Spain
Christopher Columbus	1492-1504	Explored the Caribbean and parts of Central America
Juan Ponce De Leon-	1508-1509,1513	Conquered Puerto Rico, Explored Florida
Vasco Nunez de Balboa	1513	Discovered the Pacific
Hernan Cortes	1519	Conquered Mexico
Ferdinand Magellan	1519	Crew Circled the World
Francisco Pizarro	1531	Conquered the Incas in Peru
Francisco Coronado	1540	Explored South Western of United States
Hernado De Soto	1539--1543	Explored to Mississippi River
England
John Cabot	1497	Explored the East Coast Of North America
Henry Hudson	1610-1611	Explored the Hudson Bay of Canada
Netherland
Henry Hudson	1609	Explored Hudson River of New York
France
Giovanni De Verrazano	1524	Discovered New York Harbor
Jaques Cartier	1534	Explored St Lawrence
Samuel de Champlain	1603	Explored St Lawrence, Settles Quebec