Explorers Flashcards
(28 cards)
Founded East Mexico
Fought the Aztecs
Hernando Cortez
Settled Vinland (East Canada)
Leif Eriksson
Explored and created trade routes to Asia over land
Marco Polo
Discovered West Indies
Made 5 voyages (San Salvador, Hispaniola, Cuba)
Columbus
Explored new routes to Asia
Founded Newfoundland
John Cabot
Made 2 trips to “America”
Discovered that Columbus had found new land
Amerigo Vespucci
Became the first European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Founded Florida
Ponce de Leon
First person to sail around the world
Gave Pacific Ocean it’s name
Ferdinand Magellan
Explored present day N Carolina up to New England
Giovanni da Verrazano
Explored and conquered the Incan Empire in S America
Francisco Pizzarro
Claimed East Canada
Jacques Cartier
Explored Southeastern N America (Florida, Georgia, SC, NC, AL)
Hernando de Soto
Explored Southwestern part of N America (AZ, TX, NM, OK, KS)
Searched for Seven Cities of Gold
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Claimed western part of North America
Searched for Strait of Anian
Juan Rodriguez Carrillo
1002 Viking
Leif Eriksson
1271 Spain
Marco Polo
1492 Spain
Columbus
1493 England
John Cabot
1499 Spain
Amerigo Vespucci
1513 Spain (2 explorers)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
1519 Spain (2 explorers)
Hernando Cortez
Ferdinand Magellan
1524 France
Giovanni de Verrazano
1531 Spain
Francisco Pizzarro
