New World Explorers Flashcards
Christopher Columbus
“New World: America” Spain
Ferdinand Magellan
“First expedition around the world” Spain
Henry Hudson
“Hudson River, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay” Holland
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
“Explored New Mexico and South-Wester United States, discovered Great Plains of Kansas” Spain
Leif Ericson
“Viking, first European to visit New World” Norway
Sir Francis Drake
“First to pass from Atlantic to Pacific coast of South America” England
Amerigo Vespucci
“New World was not Asia but unknown new continent” Portugal
Jacques Cartier
“Led three expeditions to Canada, explore from Cape Fear River to Nova Scotia” France
Hernando de Soto
“Explored South-Eastern United States from Tampa Bay to South Carolina, Crossed Mississippi River” Spain
John Cabot
“Crossed North Atlantic, reached coast of America” England
Ponce de Leon
“Sailed around Southern end of Florida and back to West Indies” Spain
Giovanni da Verrazzano
“Explore coast between Carolinas and Newly discovered land, includes New York Harbor and Narragansett Bay” France
Samuel de Champlain
“Founder of Quebec City, ‘Father of Canada’, Discovered Lake Champlain on border of New York and Vermont” France
Sir Walter Raleigh
“Introduced tobacco and potatoes to England” England
Vasco de Balboa
“First European to lead an expedition to reach the Pacific Ocean from the New World” Spain
