A | B |
He claimed the present day area of Brazil for Portugal | Pedro Cabral |
He defeated teh Incas of South America | Pizarro |
He claimed the Mississippi river basin for France | Lasalle |
He set up the first English settlement in north America ( Roanoke Island) | Sir Walter Raleigh |
He was the first French explorer to sail along the coast looking for the northwest passage | Verrazano |
While sailing for Portugal he reached the shores of the new land now named after him | Amerigo Vespucci |
He was the first to reach the cape of good hope | Dias |
He defeated the Aztecs of Mexico | Hernando Cortes |
He founded the settlement of Quebec | Samuel De Champlain |
It is a large lake in upstate New York named after the French Explorer | Lake Champlain |
He was the first explorer to see the pacific ocean from the Americas | Balboa |
It was the lost colony | Roanoke Island |
He and his son were thrown off the ship by the crew (mutiny) | Henry Hudson |
Name given to English Pirates | Sea Dogs |
His crew was the first to sail around the world | Magellan |
The three ships that Columbus used on his first voyage | Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria. |
First English explorer to reach the shores of North America | John Cabot |
He was looking for the seven citeis made of gold in the southwestern USA | Coranado |
He was looking fro the fountain of youth in Florida | Ponce De Leon |
He claimed the pacific coast of the Unites States ( California) for Spain | Cabrillo |
He explored the southeastern USA and was the first to go over the Mississippi river | Hernando de Soto |
He was the first English explorer to sail around the world | Drake |
He was the first to sail around Africa to the Asian markets | Degama |
He stared the fur trade for France | Cartier |
He set up the first school of navigation | Prince Henry |