| A | B |
|---|
| Christopher Columbus | This man traveled west looking for India but discovered the Carribbean. |
| John Cabot | This Englishman discovered Newfoundland & explored the NE coast of North America. |
| Vasco DaGama | This explorer in 1498 sailed from Africa to India. |
| Ferdinand Magellen | He circumnavigated the globe from 1519-1522. |
| Cortes | This Spanish explorer conquered the Aztecs in 1519. |
| Jacques Cartier | Frenchman who discovered the St. Lawrence River in Canada in 1534? |
| Francisco Coronado | He claimed the Southwestern United States for Spain. |
| Sir Francis Drake | This explorer circumnavigated the globe under the English flag from 1577-1580. |
| Samuel Champlain | This Frenchman established the settlement of Quebec in 1608. |
| La Salle | This explorer from France claimed the Mississippi River valley in 1692. |
