Early Voyages of Exploration, c. 1000-1609 CE
Cabot 1497
Cartier 1534
AMERICA
ND
NDLA
FOU
NEW
s si pp i R .
FRANCE
Mi
ss i
SP
PORTUGAL
Ponce de León
92
us 14
1513
Columb
Cortés C
1519–1521 a r i b
CENTRAL
AMERICA
c
Vespu
AFRICA
99
ci 14
pe
dit
ion
15
19
–1
52
2
498
SOUTH
AMERICA
97–1
Ex
Drake
1577-1580
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
co
PACIFIC
OCEAN
lla
n’s
Balboa 1513
as
ge
bean Sea
WEST
INDIES
Pizarro
1530–1533
EQUATOR
Ma
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
14
Gulf of
Mexico
a
Tenochtitlán
(Mexico City)
Verrazano 1524
Gam
Drake
1577-1580
N
AI
da
NORTH
D
AN
GL
EN
Vikings
c. 1000
Vikings
Cabot
Cartier
Verrazano
Columbus
Ponce de León
Vespucci
Cortés
Balboa
Pizarro
Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Drake
V
Return of Magellan’s
Expedition 1522
(Sebastian Elcano)
0
0
1500 mi
2000 km
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