Map and Timeline of Exploration:

Columbus, Dias, Pizarro, Magellan, Balboa, Cortes, and Vespucci.

Your timeline should include the name of the explorer and the year, or year range, of their voyages.

Columbus He was an Italian explorer who went across Atlantic and opened the routes to the new world. He set out for voyage in 1492.

Dias A Portuguese noble man and explorer. He was first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa in 1488.

Pizarro A Spanish conquistador who conquered Peru and Inca empire. (1532).

Magellan The first man to circumnavigate the Earth. He set out on the expedition to explore West Indies, it resulted in the circumnavigation of the Earth. (1519)

Balboa A Spanish explorer and conquistador. He was famous from crossing Isthmus of Panama to the pacific ocean in 1513.

Cortes A conquistador who led the expedition, destroyed Aztec empire and brought Mexico under rule of Castille in sixteenth century. (1521)

Vespucci He was a navigator and explorer who sailed for the Portugal around 1501-1502 and showed that Brazil and West Indies were not the part of Asia.