Navigators, Time | Destination |
1405-1433, Zheng He Ming D., China) | India, Arabian Peninsula, Sri Lanka, East Africa |
1405-1433, Portuguese 1451-1506, Columbus, Spain 1497/98, Cabot, England | Africa Central America North America |
1460-1527, Vasco da Gama, Portuguese 1519, Magellan, Portuguese 1520, Verrazano, Italy 1532/33, Pizarro, Spain 1584/86/88 Englishmen 1602-1949 Netherland 1577-1580, F. Drake, Englishman 1585-1587, J. Davis, Englishman | India India, South China Sea, Southwest Asia Atlantic Route South America East-coast North America Indonesia Around the Globe Arctis, Sea-Route to China |