| A | B |
|---|
| First recorded birth of white child in North America | Snorri Thorfinnsson |
| discovered America in 1492 | Christopher Columbus |
| gave Portugal a claim to America before the line of Demarcation was established | Joao Vaz Corte-Real |
| after being blown off course, He landed on the shores of Brazil and claimed it for Portugal | Pedro Alvares Cabral |
| first European known to explore part of South America and call it the "New World" | Amerigo Vespucci |
| discovered the flower-covered peninsula of Florida while searching for the "fountain of youth" | Juan Ponce de Leon |
| called the Pacific Ocean the "South Sea" | Vasco Nunez de Balboa |
| Aztec Emperor | Montezuma II |
| one of his ships was the first to sail completely around the world | Fernando Magellan |
| Inca ruler taken hostage by Spanish explorers in 1531 | Atahualpa |
| conquered the Inca Empire through greed and deceit | Francisco Pizarro |
| discovered the mighty Mississippi River | Hernando de Soto |
| explored the territory that is now the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas | Francisco Vasquez de Coronado |
| appointed seven men, who are acknowledged as the "Founders of Brazil," to administrate the colony of Brazil | King John III |
| discovered and sailed up the St. Lawrence River | Jaques Cartier |
| along with Louis Jolliet, thought the Mississippi River might be the long sought after | Jaques Marquette |
| called the huge region he claimed for France "Louisiana" | Sieur de La Salle |
