| A | B |
|---|
| Established English claims to North America | John Cabot |
| the first man to reach India by sailing around Africa | Vasco Da Gama |
| discovered a whole New World while trying to reach the East by sailing west | Christopher Columbus |
| conquered the Aztec Indians of Mexico | Hernando Cortez |
| was the first Englishman to sail around the world | Francis Drake |
| discovered the mouth of the Mississippi River | Robert de LaSalle |
| claimed new world territory for both England and the Netherlands | Henry Hudson |
| was the first man to sail around the world | Ferdinand Magellan |
| discovered the Pacific Ocean | Vasco Nunez de Balboa |
| was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope | Bartholomeu Diaz |
| discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River | Jacques Cartier |
| considered to be the father of New France, he founded the city of Quebed | Samuel de Champlain |
| Spanish conquistador who searched for the "Cities Cibola" and explored much of present day southwest United States | Francisco de Coronado |
| conquered the Inca of Peru | Fracisco Pizarro |
| discovered and explored Florida while searching for the "Fountain of Youth" | Ponce de Leon |
| founded a school of navigation at Sagres, Portugal and launched the "Age of Discovery" | Henry the Navigator |
| French missionaries who explored much of the Mississippi River valley for France | Marquette and Joliet |
