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Oct 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Chistopher Columbus went to king Portugal to ask for money to pay for the trip. The King of Portugal said"No." So he asked the king of Spain and he said "Yes." and Christopher was on his way. He went east and not west he thought he reached the Indies. It took him years to see he was in the New World and not in the Indies. -
Dec 13, 1497
Giovanni Caboto
Caboto was an Italian explorer that was claiming land for England.Caboto explored North America for gold . -
Dec 9, 1501
Amerigo Vispucci
America was named after an explore named Amerigo Vispucci. He was an Italin explore and he searched for Porcigal. He hit the coast of Brisal and explored there. -
Dec 13, 1519
Hernando Cortez
Hernando Cortez explored what is now called mexico for spain.Cortez was a conquistador or spanish explorer who conquered large areas of North America and South America for spain. -
Aug 6, 1521
Hernando Cortes
Cortes went out to find land he descoverd the New World for Spain. When he and the other explores got there they descoverd the Astecs. The Astecs were firce fiters they faut with Cortes and the other explores. Cortes and the other expploers won aginst the Astecs. -
Dec 10, 1528
Cabeza Da Vaca
Cabeza was in a ship wreck with Esteban and he was captured by the karankawas so he was stuck with the karankawas and hered many storys when he ecaped the explores found him he told them there was a city of goled so explores serched for the city of gold with Cabeza and Esteban leading the way. -
Dec 10, 1528
Esteban
Esteban was a slave who got ship wrecked with Cabeza de vaca when explores found him and Cabeza they told the explores the storys and Esteban led them to the city of gold and he got killed by the indians because he was traspasing. -
Oct 14, 1540
Franscico Coranado
Franscico Coranado went to the new world to find gold, but instead he was tricked by a indain. The indain said there was a city of gold named quiva. When explores went to find quiva they did find it but it was just a reguler indain city . -
La salle
La Salle went out to claim land for the king of france he wanted to build a fort and he did but he didnt build it were he wanted to build the fort along the Mississippe river insteed on acsident he built it in the New World lots of bad things hapend also the indains fout them alot so the group killed him because he was a bad leder.
