Sailing on behalf of Spain in 1519, this Portuguese explorer's trip proved the Americas were a new world
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Ferdinand Magellan - Exploration - HISTORY.com  In search of fame and fortune, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) set out from Spain in 1519 with a fleet of five ships to discover a western ... proved that the globe could be circled by sea and that the world was much larger ... The voyage through the strait was treacherous and cold, and many sailors...
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Age of Discovery - Wikipedia  The Age of Discovery is an informal and loosely defined European historical period from the 15th century to the 18th century, marking the time in which extensive overseas exploration emerged as a powerful factor in European culture and globalization. Many lands previously unknown to Europeans were discovered during this ... Global exploration started with the Portuguese discoveries of the Atlantic...
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The Age of Exploration  For thousands of years the major civilizations of the world thrived in isolation from ... These sails only allowed explorers to travel in the same direction that the wind ... By the late 1400s A.D. explorers from Portugal had discovered new islands, ... King Ferdinand, and Queen Isabella were anxious to prove that Spain could be...
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European History/Exploration and Discovery - Wikibooks, open ...  The explorers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries had a variety of ... allowed Europeans to travel further afield, to India and, ultimately, to the Americas. The early explorations of Spain and Portugal were particularly aided by new ship designs. ... set sail on behalf of Ferdinand and Isabella whose marriage had united their...
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Explorers from the Early 1500's - EnchantedLearning.com  He also explored the Paraguay River in South America. De Vaca and his fellow travelers were the first Europeans to see the bison, ... He began an unsuccessful trip around the world (1526-1529) in a voyage that supposed to sail to China and the ... Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (? -1543) was a Spanish or Portuguese explorer...
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Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the New World  Jan 9, 2011 ... ... New World. U.S. History -- European Colonization of the Americas (1492-1769); World ... titles had been promised to Columbus if his voyage succeeded. ..... Mara, and Juan de la Cosa was hired as the flagship's master, overseeing the crew of 40. ..... Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama without success.
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All About Explorers | Vasco Nunez de Balboa  He sighted the ocean in 1513 from a mountaintop in what is now Panama. ... Following the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492, Balboa ... A jealous rival falsely accused Balboa of treason to the king, and in January 1519, ... wore when he waded into the Pacific Ocean, on eBay.com for a tidy sum.
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Christopher Columbus Discovers America, 1492  An eyewitness account of Columbus's first landfall in the New World. ... This deception had only a temporary effect; by October 10 the crew's ... The course was W.S.W., and there was more sea than there had been during the whole of the...
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Explorers of North America: EnchantedLearning.com  The King of Spain sent Aviles to Florida in the New World, to start a Spanish ... He also explored the Paraguay River in South America. ... For more information on Cabeza de Vaca, click here. ... 1, 1761) was a French Jesuit priest, explorer, and writer. .... De Fuca sailed up the western coast of North America from Mexico to...
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Explorers of North America: EnchantedLearning.com  He was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. .... In 1517, he sailed to the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, with Francisco de Crdoba's expedition. ... Francisco Fernndez de Crdoba (? - 1524) was a Spanish explorer and slave .... After surviving a hurricane near Cuba, his expedition landed on the west...
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Explorers of North America: EnchantedLearning.com  He was the first European colonizer of what is now South Carolina. ... was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527. ... In 1517, he sailed to the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, with Francisco de Crdoba's ... They travelled by river and by land from Missouri to the Oregon coast (Fort Clatsop),...
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The Spanish and Portuguese Conquest of the Americas  In 1484 Christopher Columbus tried unsuccessfully to interest King John II of Portugal in voyages of discovery to the west. ... Muslim stronghold in Spain agreed to finance such a voyage and named Columbus as the admiral, viceroy and governor of any lands he should find. ... Philip II and his Spanish-Portuguese Empire.
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Voyages of Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia  In 1492 a Spanish-based transatlantic maritime expedition led by Christopher Columbus resulted in the discovery of the Americas, a continent which was previously unknown in Europe, as well as the colonization of the Americas. Columbus and his crew became the first Christians to make landfall in the .... The terms were unusually generous but, as his son later wrote, the monarchs...
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Exploration of North America - Wikipedia  On September 25, 1513, Spanish conquistador Vasco Nez de Balboa was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean once he crossed the Isthmus of Panama...
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Voyages of Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia  In 1492 a Spanish-based transatlantic maritime expedition led by Christopher Columbus ... Columbus made a total of four voyages to the Americas between 1492 and ..... On November 3, 1493, Christopher Columbus landed on a rugged shore on an .... He then explored the mainland of South America, including the Orinoco...
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European Colonization of the Americas - New World Encyclopedia  Europeon Nation's Control over South America 1700 to the twentieth century. .... Early European possessions in North America included Spanish Florida, the ... Ten years after Columbus's discovery, the administration of Hispaniola was given...
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By: Jon K. Thornton Footsteps, 15215865, Jan/Feb2006, Vol. 8 ...  The Portuguese pioneered the transatlantic slave trade in the mid-1500s. ... then transported these captives to their colony of Brazil in South America, and, after ... Many of the first Africans in America came from Angola on the west-central coast...
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A Chronology of Selected events Part I = 1491 through 1601  Sebastian Cabot, searching for that "Northwest Passage", sailed into a large bay in ... 1513. Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida to search for the "fountain of youth"; Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the ... Queen Anne Boleyn, mother of Elizabeth I, & the second of Henry VIII's six wives,
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Columbus reaches the New World - Oct 12, 1492 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Columbus reaches the New World on Oct 12, 1492. ... Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia. ... Color postcard of Columbus landing at San Salvador topic ... These famous public fields were named TheresienwieseTherese's fieldsin honor of the crown princess;.
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Some Background Information on Columbus  Some have speculated that his landing in Portugal was intentional. ... On May 30, 1498, Columbus left with six ships from Sanlcar, Spain for his third trip to the New World. ... he explored the Gulf of Paria which separates Trinidad from Venezuela. ... Instead, while Columbus's ships sheltered at the mouth of the Jaina River,...
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Columbus reaches the New World - Oct 12, 1492 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Columbus reaches the New World on Oct 12, 1492. ... He became obsessed with the possibility of pioneering a western sea route to ... On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, with three small ships, the ... William Howe lead a force of 4,000 troops aboard some 90 flat-boats up New...