Explorers and Their Achievements

Question 1

• 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

Answer 1

Bartolomeu Dias-

Question 2

• 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

Answer 2

Vasco da Gama

Question 3

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

Answer 3

John (Giovanni) Cabot

Question 4

• 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

Answer 4

Pedro Alvares Cabral

Question 5

• 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

Answer 5

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 6

• 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

Answer 6

Jacques Cartier

Question 7

• 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

Answer 7

Hernando De Soto

Question 8

• 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

Answer 8

Henry Hudson

Question 9

• 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

Answer 9

Christopher Columbus

Question 10

-Sailed around much of the globe and also circumnavigated

Answer 10

Francis Drake