Explores Study Guide Flashcards
He sailed west to get to east and reached a new continent previously
Unknown for Europeans. He was looking for gold.
Spain needed money to pay for wars.
Queen Isabella and king Ferdinand gave him three ships.
Columbus
He was a Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztec people and claimed Mexico for Spain.
Cortez
He explored Florida , looking for fountain of youth.
Ponce de Leon
He was a Portuguese captain who sailed for Spain . He gets credit for having his ship make the first trip all the way around the world, even though he himself was killed before the ship returned to Europe.
Magellan
He was a Spanish explore explored Peru and conquered the inca empire.
Pizarro
He sailed for king Henry in England, traveled to what is now Newfoundland, calmed land for England , and told Europeans about all the codfish in the water off Newfoundland .
John Cabot
He was the first European to cross panama and see the Pacific Ocean.
He claimed it for Spain .
Balboa
This astronomer looked for a star in the southern skies that could guide sailors like the North Star did in the northern hemisphere . He explored the cost of Brazil . Stories of his travels were exaggerated .
A German mapmaker put His name on a map of the new world .
Amerigo Vespucci
He was the first French explorer to sail up to St’ Lawrence river.
Looking for the northwest passage .
Jacques Cartier
He was a French explorer who traveled I the Great Lakes region .
He discovered a lake that is now between Vermont and New York State . He started a fur trading post at Quebec .
Champlain
These people were excellent shipbuilders who traveled from Scandinavia and explored Iceland , Greenland ,and Newfoundland ,
Which they called vine land .
The Vikings
He sailed for the Dutch India company and explored a famous river near what is now New York . He also explored Canada searching for the north west passage. His crew left him to near the bay that’s named for him.
Henry Hudson
He sponsored several attempt to colonize Virginia , including the “lost colony” Roanoke Virginia .
Sir Walter Raleigh
