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European Explorers of the New World
this is a list of 27 explorers, their acomplishments, the country or countries they sailed for, and the dates of their expeditions.
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| Christopher Columbus | Spain, 1492-1502, discovered new world-landed in Carribean Islands and South America |
| Dias | Portugal, 1487, first to sail around Cape of Good Hope, Africa |
| Da Gama | Portugal, 1497-1498, First European to reach INdia by sea(sailed around Africa) |
| Cabot | England, 1497-1498, Looked for waterway to Pacific along North American Coast |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Spain, 1499, Scouted coast of North America (america is named after him) |
| Cabral | Portugal, 1500, claimed Brazil for Portugal |
| Vasco Nunez do Balboa | Spain, 1513, Found Pacific Ocean by crossing Panama |
| Ponce do Leon | Spain, 1513, searched for "fountain of youth" in Florida |
| Cortez | Spain, 1519-1521, defeated Aztecs in Mexico, (they thought he was a god) |
| Magellan | Spain, 1519-1522, led first expedition that sailed around the world, though he died in route |
| Narvarez | Spain, 1527-1528, Also searched Florida for "fountain of youth" He was defeated by the Indians |
| Pizarro | Spain, 1531, Conqured Incas in Peru with metal -clad soldiers |
| Cartier | France, 1534-1536, Explored St. Lawrence seaway looking for waterway to Pacific |
| Desoto | Spain, 1539-1542, searched for gold from Carolinas to Oklahoma |
| Cornando | Spain, 1539-1542, Searched for "seven cities of gold" in American Southwest |
| Verrazano | France, 1576, Looked for waterway to Pacific along North American Coast |
| Frobisher | England, 1576, Looked for waterway to Pacific along North American Coast |
| Sir Francis Drake | England, 1579-1580, stole treasure from Spainish ships, also sailed around the earth |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | England, 1587, Sponsored first English settlement at Roanoke, searched for Ccity of gold" in South America(1595) |
| Champlain | France, 1604-1606, Established fur trading settlements in Canada- a mapmaker and sailor |
| Hudson | England, 1607, Tried to find a route to Asia over the North Pole but found Greenland |
| Hudson | Netherlands, 1609, tried to find a route to Asia over the North Pole, explored Hudson River |
| Hudson | England, 1610, Led expedition to find a Northwest Passage to Asia |
| Marquette | France, 1673, French missionary on first European Exploration of Missippi River |
| Joliet | France, 1673, Led first European expedition on Mississippi River |
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