Explorers and Their Achievements Flashcards

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  • 1487
  • Traveled farther than previous European sailors.
  • Sailed for Portugal
  • Coasts of Africa
  • Sailed around the southern tip of Africa
  • Found the cape of good hope
  • First European to find a route to the Indian Ocean and Ultimately a sea route to Asia
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Bartolomeu Dias-

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  • 1497
  • Extended the route of the Cape of Good Hope
  • Travelled to the Indian coast and traded items like gems, spices, and pearls
  • Sailed for Portugal
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Vasco da Gama

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  • 1497
  • Crossed North Atlantic Ocean
  • Reached Newfoundland on the upper coast of North America
  • Described culture there back to England
  • Sailed for England
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John (Giovanni) Cabot

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  • 1500
  • Reached the Coast of Brazil and claimed the land for the king
  • Sailed for Portugal
  • Sailed to the Cae of Good Hope
  • Traded at ports along the Indian Ocean and brought back spices
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Pedro Alvares Cabral

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  • 1519
  • Sailed for Spain
  • Faced Mutiny but regained control
  • Discovered the “Magellan” strait located near the southern tip of South America which was led to the Pacific Ocean
  • First crew to circumnavigate the world by sailing
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Ferdinand Magellan

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  • 1534
  • Sailed for France
  • Sailed to Newfoundland
  • Sailed and explored the coast of Labrador and St.Lawrence eventually became part of the Canadian city of Montreal
  • Claimed land in this area which became a prisoner colony for France
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Jacques Cartier

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  • Sailed for Spain
  • 1530s
  • Landed and Discovered Florida and claimed it for Spain
  • Travelled through many States and much land
  • 1541 became the first Europeans to see the Mississippi River
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Hernando De Soto

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  • 1609
  • Sailed for Dutch East India Company
  • Sailed along the coast of Norway
  • Claimed land for the Netherlands in areas around the Hudson river
  • Discovered Hudson Bay
  • 1626, Dutch built the city of New Amsterdam which Hudson had claimed
  • English took over the colony
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Henry Hudson

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  • 1490s
  • Sailed for Spain but was Italian
  • Became an Icon for the Revolutionary war for Americans
  • Found a route to the Caribbean and claimed islands for Spain
  • Contributed to the Columbian Exchange
  • Explored America and helped spark the new world
  • First European Military fort in the Western Hemisphere
  • Finds a new continent for Spain
  • Enslaved, Killed, and negatively impacted Native peoples in the area he claimed for Spain
  • Sparked and somewhat began the slave trade
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Christopher Columbus

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-Sailed around much of the globe and also circumnavigated

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Francis Drake

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