exploration

Timeline of Events

Year	Month	Day	Event
1492	Apr	30	Spain Grants Columbus Commission Of Exploration
1492	Aug	03	Columbus Sails From Palos De La Frontera
1492	Oct	28	Columbus Discovered Cuba On Maiden Voyage
1493	Mar	15	Christopher Columbus Returns To Spain
1497	Jul	08	Vasco Sails Direct European Voyage To India
1499	May	18	Ojeda Sails From Cadiz To Venezuela
1502	Jun	15	Columbus Lands On Martinique On Fourth Voyage
1513	Apr	02	Juan Ponce De León Sights Florida
1534	Jun	29	Cartier: First European On Prince Edward Island
1535	Oct	02	Cartier Discovers Modern-day Montreal
1542	Sep	28	Portugal Explorer Discovers San Diego, California
1580	Sep	26	Sir Francis Drake Sailed Around The Earth
1585	Aug	08	John Davis Searches Cumberland For Northwest Passage
1602	May	15	The First Recorded European To See Cape Cod
1609	Sep	13	Henry Hudson Reaches The Hudson River
1613	Jul	02	English Expedition From Massachusetts By Samuel
1620	Sep	16	English Mayflower Sets Sail
1644	Feb	29	Second Pacific Voyage Of Tasman Begins
1767	Jun	18	Samuel Wallis Reaches Tahiti
1768	Aug	25	James Cook Begins His First Voyage
1768	Aug	26	Captain Cook Of England Sets Sail
1770	Apr	19	Captain Cook Sights Australia's East Coast
1770	Jun	11	Captain Cook Aground On Great Barrier Reef
1773	Jan	17	James Cook; First To Sail Below The Arctic Circle
1774	Sep	04	New Caledonia First Sighted By Europeans
1778	Oct	03	Captain James Cook Anchors In Alaska
1800	Jun	07	Thompson Reaches Saskatchewan River
1803	Aug	31	Lewis And Clark Start Expedition
1821	Aug	21	""Eliza Frances"" Crew Discovers Jarvis Island
1825	Jul	30	Captain George Byron Discovers Malden Island
1835	Jan	07	Anchor Dropped By HMS Beagle Off ChonosArchipelago
1845	May	19	Captain Franklin Departs From England
1851	Mar	27	Yosemite Valley First Sighted By Euopeans
1859	Jun	18	Aletschhorn Climbed For First Time
1903	Jun	16	Roald Amundsen Begins East-west Navigation Of Northwest Passage
1909	Jan	16	Shackleton's Expedition Finds Magnetic South Pole
1910	Jun	01	Scott Embarks On Second South Pole Expedition
1912	Mar	07	Amundsen Reaches South Pole
1940	Jun	21	First Successful Of Northwest Passage
1952	May	03	Colonels Land Plane At North Pole
1954	Jul	31	Italian Ardito Desio Ascends K2
1958	Aug	03	Nautilus Travels Beneath Arctic Ice
1961	Oct	27	NASA Tests Saturn I Rocket
1964	Nov	28	NASA Launches Mariner 4 Probe Towards Mars
1974	May	04	Japanese Women The First To Reach Manaslu Summit

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