explorers Flashcards
Prince Henry
Portugal , west African coast
Bartolomeu Dias
Portugal, Southeast coast of Africa
Vasco da Gama
Portugal, East African coast, Western Coast of India
Christopher Columbus
Spain, The Caribbean islands
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese, Philippines
Pedro Álvares Cabra
Portugal, Brazil
Amerigo Vespucci
Portugal, eastern coast of south America
Vasco Núñez de Balboa-
Spain, Panama
Hernando Cortés
Spain, Mexico
Francisco Pizarro
Spain, West coast of South America
Juan Ponce de León
Spain, Puerto Rico, Florida
Vásquez de Coronado
Spain, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas
Giovanni da Verrazzano
France, North America’s Eastern coastline,
Frenchman Jacques Cartier
France, East coast of Canada
Samuel de Champlain
France, St.Lawrence