The correct order is:
1. Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean Sea - October 12, 1492.
This was the first official European exploration that actually ''discovered'' the islands close the Americas.
2. King Henry VII funds a voyage for explorer John Cabot - 1497.
This was the first voyage to the New World by an Englishman, and it was mostly exploration of parts of the eastern coast of North America.
3. Vasco da Gama reaches India by sea - May 20, 1498.
Successful expedition on a new route around the African continent which allowed the Portuguese to trade freely with India once again.
4. Maps of the new lands are named for explorer Amerigo Vespucci - 1501.
Vespucci managed to get the credit for the discovery of the New World, so the maps were named after him.
5. Ferdinand Magellan sets out to circumnavigate the globe - 1519.
It was the first successful expedition that managed to make a circle around the world, most of the crew didn't survived to celebrate the achievement.
