| A | B |
|---|
| Vikings | 1000-1st settlement in North America |
| Marco Polo | 1275-Family reached China overland |
| Dias | 1487-reached the tip of South Africa |
| Columbus | 1492-three ships to find the Indies |
| DaGama | 1498-sailed around Africa to India |
| Vespucci | 1500-Explores shores of South America |
| Balboa | 1513-discovered the Pacific Ocean |
| Magellan | 1520-Passage at the tip of South America |
| Verrazano | 1523-Northwest Passage |
| Cortes | 1521-conqueres the Aztecs in Mexico |
| Pizarro | 1531-conquered the Incas of Peru |
| Drake | 1580-second to sail around the world |
| Champlain | 1603-eastern shores of Canada |
| Hudson | 1610-northern shores of Canada |
