The Atlantic Coast explored.%--And now that Columbus had shown the way, others were quick to follow.

In 1497 and 1498 came John and Sebastian Cabot (cab'-ot), sailing under the flag of England, and exploring our coast from Labrador to Cape Cod; and Pinzon and Solis, with Vespucius[2] for pilot, sailing under the flag of Spain along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, around the peninsula of Florida, and northward to Chesapeake Bay.

Between 1500 and 1502 two Portuguese navigators named Cortereal (cor-ta-ra-ahl') went over much the same ground as the Cabots.

For the time being, however, these voyages were fruitless.

It was not a new world, but China and Japan, the Indian Ocean, and the spice islands, that Europe was seeking.