| A | B |
|---|
| Bartholomew Dias | Sailed in 1487 for Portugal. Looking for all water route to India but only reached Cape of Good Hope. |
| Christopher Columbus | Sailed in the 1490's for Spain. Tried to reach the East Indies by sailing west; instead found Hispaniola and San Salvador |
| Marco Polo | Sailed in 1275 for Italy. Followed the Silk Route to China. Wrote about his travels. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Sailed in 1519 for Spain. First person to sail around the world. Renamed the South Sea, the Pacific Ocean. |
| Jacques Cartier | Sailed in 1534 for France. Traveled the St. Lawrence Seaway looking for the NorthWest Passage and claimed Canada for France. |
| Vasco da Gama | Sailed in 1497 for Portugal. First to find an all water route to India by sailing around Africa. |
| Samuel de Champlain | Traveled in 1603 for France. "Father of New France", founded Quebec. Large lake was named after him. |
| Vikings | Sailed from 793-993 for Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Discovered Greenland, Iceland, and North America. Eric the Red and his son Leif Ericson. |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Sailed in 1499 for Spain and was looking for the South Star. Discovered South America (phony). A continent was named after him. |
| Henry Hudson | Sailed in 1610 for the Netherlands and explored the NorthEast region of North America (along Atlantic coast). A river and bay was named after him. |
| John Cabot | Sailed in 1497 for England trying to find the North West Passage to the East Indies and landed on Newfoundedland. Rediscovered America (since the Vikings) |
| Vasco Balboa | Sailed in 1513 for Spain. Discovered the Pacific Ocean by traveling through Panama and called it the South Sea. |
