| A | B |
|---|
| Leif Ericson | Norseman that landed on the shores of Labrador |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Italian who in 1499 landed in Brazil, and mistakenly had the continent named after him |
| Cristoforo Colombo | Italian who in 1492 attempted to find a way to China but instead found the Western Hemisphere |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | improved and codified navigational knowledge and interested in trade, advancement of knowledge, glory of Portugal, and spreading Christainity |
| King John II | credited with the systematic exploration reaching India |
| Bartholomeu Dias | sailed around the southern tip of Africa in 1488 |
| Vasco da Gama | in 1498 reached India and began the European thrist for Eastern goods |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | Pope Alexander VI divided non-Christian world between Spain and Portugal: Spain got America and Portugal got Brazil and Africa |
| Vasco Balboa | in 1513 discovered the Pacific Ocean off of Panama |
| Ferdinand Magellan | 1522 first circumnavigation of the glove |
| Ponce de Leon | in 1513 discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth |
| Francisco Coronado | serached for golden cities in Arizona, Northern Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas |
| Juan Cabrillo | laid the basis for Spain's claims to the northen Pacific Coast by sailing as far north as Oregon |
| conquistadores | Spainish conqerors |
| Hernando de Soto | 1539-1542 was seeking gold |
