Timeline: Age of Exploration

• c. 1440
  Development of the caravel sailing vessel in Portugal.
• 1488
  The Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias uses caravel ships to make the first recorded sailing around the Cape of Good Hope.
• 1497 - 1498
  The caravel Matthew of John Cabot explores the eastern coast of Canada.
• 1519 - 1522
  Ferdinand Magellan's expedition circumnavigates the globe for the first time.
• 21 Oct 1520 - 28 Nov 1520
  Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation fleet sails through the Straits of Magellan in Tierra del Fuego.