| A | B |
|---|
| Champlain | French explorer who started the first settlement Port Royal and Quebec |
| Columbus | Italian explorer who sailed west and landed in what he named the West Indies beginning the Columbian Exchange |
| Magellan | He was killed but his crew finished the first circumnavigation of the globe |
| De Soto | Discovered the Mississippi River and explored Florida |
| Ponce de Leon | Named Florida, searched for the Fountain of Youth, and was the first governor of Puerto Rico |
| Cartier | French explorer who first traveled down the St. Lawrence River |
| Verrazano | Italian explorer who sailed for France and explored what is now known as New York |
| Cabot | Italian who explored for the English and searched for the Northwest Passage |
| Hudson | Englishman who explored for the Netherlands and England. We still don't know what happened to him |
| Northwest Passage | Waterway through North America to Asia that did not exist. France, England, and the Netherlands tried to find it. |
| Minuit | Founder of New Amsterdam (New York City) |
| Coranado | Explored the southwest of the United States searching for the Seven Cities of Gold |
| Pizarro | Conquistador that defeated and claimed the lands of the Incas |
| Cortes | Conquistador that defeated and claimed the land of the Aztecs |
| Balboa | Explored the Isthmus of Panama and claimed the Pacific Ocean for Spain |
