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Period: 120 BCE to 1522
Time line of exploration
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120
Prolemy creates map
Ptolemy creates the first flat map of the world -
870
Swedish Viking
Swedish Viking Garðar Svavarsson circumnavigates Iceland. -
870
Náttfari
Náttfari becomes the first permanent resident of Iceland. -
874
Ingólfur Arnarson
Ingólfur Arnarson builds his homestead in present-day Reykjavík. -
982
Eric the Red discovers Greenland.
Eric the Red discovers Greenland. -
1002
Leif Ericson
Leif Ericson discovers North America. -
1271
Marco Polo
Marco Polo goes to China. with the silk route traded gun powder for silk ,paper ,spices -
1418
João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira
João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira discover Porto Santo -
1427
Diogo de Silves
Diogo de Silves discovers the Azores. -
1443
Nuno Tristão
Nuno Tristão passes Cape Blanco. -
1446
The Portuguese
The Portuguese reach Cape Verde and the Gambia River. -
1450
Prince Henry
Prince Henry the Navigator builds school for sailors. -
1453
Turkish Empire
Turkish Empire cuts off the land route for spices from Asia to Europe. Search for sea route begins. -
1456
Alvise Cadamosto and Diogo Gomes
Alvise Cadamosto and Diogo Gomes explored the Cape Verde Islands. -
1460
Pêro de Sintra
Pêro de Sintra reaches Sierra Leone.
