Names of Explorers/what they did

Question 1

Columbus

Answer 1

1492-1504, Made 4 voyages to the new world, claimed Hispaniola Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Jamaica and Cuba. Worked for Spain

Question 2

John Cabot

Answer 2

1497, Reached Newfoundland, Canada. Noted grand banks because of fish. Worked for England

Question 3

Pedro Cabral

Answer 3

1500, claimed Brazil, worked for Portugal

Question 4

Martin Waldseemuller

Answer 4

1507, created a atlas (book of maps) and first named America based of the Italian explorer Amerigo with identifying that South America was not apart of Asia and was it’s own continent.

Question 5

Juan Ponce de Leon

Answer 5

1513, Explored and claimed Florida, was looking for gold and myths, worked for Spain

Question 6

Hernando Cortes

Answer 6

1519-22, conquered Aztec empire, claimed land of Mexico and all of the Aztec’s wealth (gold and silver), worked for Spain

Question 7

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 7

1519-22, Claimed lands of the Philippines islands, first person to circumnavigate the world (travel around the world in a whole circle) killed in the Philippines and worked for Spain

Question 8

Giovanni Da Verrazano

Answer 8

1524, search for the Northwest Passage, traveled from the east coast of North Carolina to Newfoundland. Believed to be the first person to sail to Narraganset RI, was Italian, worked for the French

Question 9

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca “head of a cow”

Answer 9

1528-1536, explored Texas and Northeastern Mexico, claimed Texas for Spain

Question 10

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 10

1532-1536, conquered the Inka Empire, claimed most of western South America, worked for Spain

Question 11

Jacques Cartier

Answer 11

1534-1535, claimed most of the land around the St. Laurence river, most of Eastern Canada which would later build Quebec and Montreal, worked for France

Question 12

Hernando DeSoto

Answer 12

1539-1542, First European to reach the Mississippi River in search of gold, claimed most of southeast and Gulf Coast, worked for Spain

Question 13

Francisco de Coronado

Answer 13

1540-1542, looked for “cities of gold”, claimed the Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico), worked for Spain

Question 14

Juan Cabrillo

Answer 14

1542, claimed the coast of California, worked for Spain

Question 15

Robert De la Salle

Answer 15

1681-1682, claimed the Mississippi River, all rivers connected to it, and all of the land touched by the river (HUGE), named the area Louisiana as per King Louis, worked for France

Question 16

Most Spanish Explorers:

Answer 16

Worked for gold ($$$), god (spread Catholic faith), and glory (wanted fame and to be known, also for Spain)