1492-98.—Columbus (Gen.) discovers America, West Indies, Trinidad, Cuba, etc.
1497-98.—John Cabot (Anglo-Ven.) sails along eastern coast of America from Labrador as far as Florida.
1498.—Vasco da Gama (Port.) finds route to India by Cape of Good Hope.
1499.—Amerigo Vespucci (Ital.) discovers Venezuela, and that America was not “part of Asia.”
1499.—Pinzon (Span.) discovers mouth of Amazon river and Cape St. Roque.
1500.—G. Cortereal (Port.) reaches entrance of Hudson Strait, called by him Strait of Anian.
1500.—Alvarez Cabral (Port.) coasts Brazil (named by him Ilha da Vera Cruz, being southern part of Bahia State).
1502.—Columbus(Gen.) reaches central America on his fourth voyage.
1512.—Ponce de Leon (Span.) reaches Florida.
1513.—Portuguese reach the Moluccas.