| A | B |
|---|
| Henry the Navigator | sponored expedition to West africa and set up observatory |
| Bartolomeu Dias | searched for sea route to India, reached Cape of Good Hope |
| Vasco de Gama | traveled to India, defeated Arabs, set up trading posts in Indian Ocean |
| Pedro Alvares Cabral | claimed Brazil for Portugal and tried to conquer Muslim lands |
| Columbus | landed in San Salvador and made four expeditions to the New World |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa | proved Americans were separate contintent by reaching the Pacific |
| Magellan | circumnavigated the world |
| Cabeza de Vaca | shipwrecked in Matagorda Bay and lived with indians |
| Hernando de Soto | made first map of the southern US and took advantage of the Chicsaw |
| Pizarro | conquered the Incas |
| Cortes | Aztec conqueror |
| Coronado | looked for quivara |
| De Leon | looked for fountain of youth but found Florida |
| adelantados | began businesses |
| encomenderos | oversaw native workers |
