| A | B |
|---|
| Bartholomeu Dias | First European to round the Cape of Good Hope |
| Christopher Columbus | European who discovered the New World; made 4 voyages to the New World |
| Vasco da Gama | First European to travel to India around the tip of Africa |
| Vasco de Balboa | European who discovered the Pacific Ocean |
| Ferdinand Magellan | First European to circumnavigate the globe |
| Hernando Cortez | Conquered the Aztecs in Mexico |
| Francisco Pizarro | Conquered the Incas in Peru |
| Hernado de Soto | Discovered the Mississippi River, explored American Southeast |
| Francisco Vazquez de Coronado | Discovered the Grand Canyon, explored American Southwest |
| Sir Francis Drake | First European to circumnavigate the globe |
| Zheng He | Chinese explorer who explored from China to present day Somalia. |
| James Cook | European who discovered Australia |
