| A | B |
|---|
| Champlain | explored eastern Canada, northern New England, founded Quebec |
| Marco Polo | One fo first Europeans to visit China-17 year voyage-book written about journey |
| Magellan | Rounded So. America,crossed Pacific, killed in Philippines but voyage was 1st circumnavigation of globe |
| Ponce de Leon | explored Florida searching for fountain of youth |
| Drake | led 2nd circumnavigation of globe-3yr. trip |
| Cabral | reached coast of Brazil |
| Coronado | explored American Southwest looking for cities of gold |
| Balboa | first European to see Pacific Ocean |
| DeSoto | first European to see Mississippi |
| Henry the Navigator | set up school in Portugal to train sailors in navigation techniques |
| DaGama | Rounded tip of Africa-sailed on to India-returned with cargo worth 60 times cost of voyage |
| Cartier | explored St.Lawrence River valley |
| Cook | 11 year journey-explored New Zeland, Australia, Hawaiian Islands, Northwest Coast ofAmerica |
| Diaz | 1st to reach tip of South Africa, rounded Cape of Good Hope |
| Cortez | conquered Aztecs of Mexico |
| Hudson | explored Hudson River and Hudson Bay -men mutinied |
| Cabot | sailed to Labrador and along northeast coast of North America |
| Pizarro | conquered Incas of Peru |
| LaSalle | reached the mouth of the Missippi River |
| Columbus | convinced earth was round-sailed west-thought he had reached Asia |
| Verrazano | explored Atlantic coast;sailed into New York Harbor |
| Marquette & Joliet | explored upper Mississippi River |
