| A | B |
|---|
| He sailed to the Cape of Good Hope (southern tip of Africa.) | Dias |
| America was named after him; he named it the "New World" | Vespucci |
| He was against enslaving the native people. | Las Casas |
| He conquered the Aztecs in present day Mexico. | Cortes |
| He circumnavigated the world; a strait was named after him. | Magellan |
| He discovered Brazil for Portugal. | Cabral |
| He conquered the Incas in Peru. | Pizarro |
| He created a school for navigators to support exploration. | Prince Henry |
| He discovered the Bahamas thinking he was in the East Indies. He said west to get there. | Columbus |
| He crosses Panama and discovered the "South Sea" (Pacific Ocean.) | Balboa |
| He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and then on to India. | da Gama |
| Searched for the Northwest Passage; made a mistake because it was actually the mouth of the St. Lawrence River | Cartier |
| First European expedition to reach Mississippi River | Marquette and Jolliet |
| Sailed down the Atlantic coast and went UP the Hudson River; discovered Hudson Bay | Hudson |
| Sailed around the world following Magellan’s route, Spanish Armada | Drake |
| Founded the first English colony in North America: Roanoke Island, North Carolina (was not successful) | Raleigh |
| Sailed down Mississippi River to Gulf of Mexico; claimed the land for France | La Salle |
| 1st European to Sail up the Atlantic coast | Verrazano |
| Sailed to “New Found Land” by way of the Northwest Passage | Cabot |
| Nova Scotia and Quebec (Canada) | Champlain |
