| A | B |
|---|
| Balboa | first European to see the Pacific Ocean |
| Coronado | found Grand Canyon and mouth of Colorado River |
| Cabot | discovered Newfoundland in Canada |
| Cabral | claimed Brazil for Portugal |
| Cartier | found the St. Lawrence River and named Montreal |
| Champlain | founded Quebec and claimed Canada for France |
| Columbus | "discovered" New World and named the native people "Indians" |
| Cabeza de Vaca | led the first Europeans to explore southwestern US |
| Cortés | conquered Aztecs and claimed Mexico for Spain |
| da Gama | first to sail around Africa to reach India by sea |
| de Soto | discovered Mississippi River and explored the area |
| Bartholomeu Días | explored African coast and found Cape of Good Hope |
| Bernal Díaz | wrote about the conquest of Mexico |
| Drake | went around the world as a pirate stealing Spain's riches for England |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | started navigation school and inspired explorers |
| Hudson | found bay and river that bear his name |
| la Salle | found Ohio River and claimed Louisiana for France |
| Magellan | led expedition that went around the world and had a strait named after him |
| Pizarro | conquered the Inca empire |
| Marco Polo | started Europe's interest in Asia by writing about Asia's treasures |
| Ponce de León | explored and named Florida while seeking the fountain of youth |
| Raleigh | paid for settlers to colonize New World for Britain |
| Verrazano | explored and mapped the east coast of the US |
| Vespucci | realized that the "New World" was not Asia but rather a previously unknown place |
