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Map Description
Historical Map of the Discovery of North America. Voyages before 1550 and Voyages after 1550.

Illustrating

VOYAGES
- Norse
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- French
- British
- Dutch
- Russian


PRINCIPAL VOYAGES BEFORE 1550

985-986 B. Herjulfsson
995-996
L. Ericsson
1003-1004 T. Karlsefni
1492
C. Columbus
1493
C. Columbus
1497
J. Cabot
1498
C. Columbus
1498
J. Cabot
1500 G. Corte-Real
1501 G. Corte-Real
1502
C. Columbus
1502 M. Corte-Real
1508-1509 S. Cabot
1513 V. de Balboa
1513 J. Ponce de León (J. Ponce de Leon)
1518 J. de Grijalva
1519 A. de Pineda
1520 J. Fagundes
1523 G. da Verrazano
1524 E. Gómez (E. Gomez)
1526 L. de Ayllón (L. de Ayllon)
1528 P. de Narváez (P. de Narvaez)
1534 J. Cartier
1535 J. Cartier
1539 H. de Soto
1542 L. Moscoso (after de Soto)
1539 F. de Ulloa
1540 H. de Alarcón (H. de Alarcon)
1542 J. Cabrillo



PRINCIPAL VOYAGES AFTER 1550
1562 J. Ribaut
1565 P. de Avilés (P. de Aviles)
1565 A. de Arellano
1576-1577 M. Frobisher
1577 F. Drake
1578 M. Frobisher
1584 A. Barlow-P. Amadas (Roanoke Voyages)
1585 J. Davis
1586 J. Davis
1587 J. Davis
1587 P. de Unamuno
1595 S. Cermenho
1602 S. Viscaíno (S. Viscaino)
1603 S. de Champlain
1604-1607 S. de Champlain
1609
Henry Hudson
1610
Henry Hudson
1612 T. Button
1616 R. Bylot-W. Baffin
1631 L. Foxe
1648 S. Dezhnev
1728 V. Bering
1741 V. Bering
1776-1780 J. Cook
1790 M. Quimper
1791-1794 G. Vancouver


EXPLORING PARTIES NOT SHOWN

British Exploring and Colonizing Parties 1553-1663
H. Gilbert, G. Waymouth, B. Gosnold, J. Smith, W. James, W. Hilton

Russian Fur Traders 1742-1795
E. Basov, Y. Chuprov, S. Glotov, G. Shelikhov, A. Baranov, J. Billings

Spanish Nootka Traders 1774-1793
E.J. Martínez (E.J. Martinez), J. Pérez (J. Perez), B. Heceta, I. Arteaga, J.F. de Bodega y Cuadra,
G. López de Haro (G. Lopez de Haro), J. Cañizares (J. Canizares), S. Fidalgo, A. Malaspina,
J.M. Narváez (J.M. Narvaez), J. Caamaño (J. Caamano), F. Elisa, J. Martínez y Zayas (J. Martinez
y Zayas), J. de Fuca

American and British Sea Otter Traders 1785-1794
C. Clerke, J. Strange, J. Hanna, J. Meares, G. Dixon, N. Portlock, J. Colnett, C. Duncan, C. Barkley,
J. Kendrick, R. Gray
 


Credits
Compiled from information provided by William H. Goetzmann, University of Texas, 1966
The University of Texas at Austin. From the National Atlas of the United States of America (1970).


Related Links
About Amerigo Vespucci     About Ferdinand Magellan     About Francis Drake


Related Maps
Map of the Age of Discovery 1340-1600     Map of Spanish and Portuguese Discoveries  

 

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