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MT 4 - Exploration (people) Flashcards

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Christopher Columbus

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*Spanish explorer
*first European credited with “finding” the New World
landed in Caribbean Islands

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Francisco Pizarro

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  • Spanish conquistador

* conquered the Incan Empire and claimed Peru for Spain

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Ferdinand Magellan

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  • Spanish explorer
  • first fleet to circumnavigate the globe
  • proved the world round
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Bartolomeu Dias

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  • Portuguese explorer

* first to reach and round the southern tip of Africa *renamed Cape of Storms to Cape of Good Hope

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Samuel de Champlain

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  • French explorer

* explored St. Lawrence River and established the city of Quebec

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Juan Ponce de Leo

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  • Spanish explorer
  • explored Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Florida
  • looking for the fabled “Fountain of Youth”
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Amerigo Vespucci

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  • Italian mapmaker
  • sailed on many different voyages to map the New World
  • the Americas are named after Amerigo
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Vasco da Gama

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  • Portuguese explorer
  • sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and first to reach India by ship
  • Portugal established ports to trade with Asia
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Hernan Cortes

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  • Spanish conquistador

* conquered the Aztec Empire and claimed Mexico for Spain

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Henry Hudson

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  • English explorer
  • explorer looking for the Northwest Passage (water route from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean)
  • explored Hudson Bay and Hudson River
  • crew mutinied and left Hudson in Hudson Bay - never heard from again
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Hernando de Soto

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  • Spanish explorer

* explored much of the southeastern United States and southern Mississippi River

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Francisco de Coronado

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  • Spanish explorer
  • explored much of the southwestern United States
  • first European to see the Grand Canyon
  • searching for the fabled “Seven Cities of Gold” (El Dorado)
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Pedro Alvares Cabral

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  • Portuguese explorer

* claimed Brazil for Portugal - only country in South America to speak Portuguese

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John Cabot

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  • English explorer

* explored much of New England - Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia

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Vasco de Balboa

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  • Spanish explorer
  • first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the western side of the Americas
  • named the ocean “Pacifico” - calm
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Francis Drake

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  • English explorer
  • second crew to circumnavigate the globe
  • explored California area - San Francisco named after him
  • knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
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Walter Raleigh

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  • English explorer
  • explored much of Carolina (Raleigh, NC) and Virginia area
  • established Roanoke colony
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Louis Joliet

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  • French explorer

* explored much of western Great Lakes and northern Mississippi River

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Jacques Cartier

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  • French explorer

* explored much of eastern Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River

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