The Age of Discovery
| Explorer | Year | Country | Area Explored |
| Bartolomeu Dias | 1488 | Portugal | Tip of Africa, "Cape of Good Hope" |
| Vasco de Gama | 1497-1498 | Portugal | Calicut, India; trading empire established |
| John Cabot | 1497-8 | England | Japan, North Atlantic |
| Christopher Columbus | 1492-1504 | Spain | West Indies, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola |
| Amerigo Vespuci | 1499 | Italy | Sailed along coast of South America |
| Pedro Cabral | 1500 | Portugal | Part of Brazil east of the Line of Demarcation |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa | 1513 | Spain | Ithmus of Panama, Pacific Ocean |
| Juan Ponce de Leon | 1513 | Spain | Florida, Puerto Rico, Cuba |
| Hernando Cortes | 1519 | Spain | Conquered the Aztec empire, Mexico |
| Panfilo Narvaez | 1528-1533 | Spain | Florida to Mississippi River, Gulf of Mexico |
| Cabeza de Vaca | 1533 | Spain | The plains of Texas |
| Francisco Pizarro | 1533-1535 | Spain | Conquered much of Inca empire, Peru |
| Jacques Cartier | 1534 | France | St. Lawrence River, Canada; Newfoundland |
| Francisco Coronado | 1539 | Spain | New Mexico |
| Hernando De Soto | 1539-1542 | Spain | Southeast of U.S. |
| Martin Frobisher | 1576-1578 | England | Northern Canada |
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