part 1 Flashcards
Hernando Cortes
A spanish Conquistador that led an expedition that led to the fall of the Aztec Empire
Marco Polo
An Italian merchant,writer,and explorer who travelled through Asia via the Silk Road
Francisco Pizarro
A Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the fall of the Inca Empire and the Spanish conquest of Peru.
Ferdinand Magellan
A Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies.
Christopher Columbus
An Italian explorer and colonizer who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that opened the New World for conquest
Sir Frances Drake
An English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, pirate, naval officer and explorer of the Elizabethan era
Amerigo Vespucci
An Italian explorer, financier, navigator, and cartographer from the Republic of Florence.
John Cabot
An Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 discovery of the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century.
Vasco de Gama
1st Count of Vidigueira, was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.
Ponce de Leon
Commonly known as Ponce de León, was a Spanish explorer and conquistador known for leading the first official European expedition to Florida and the first governor of Puerto Rico.
Pedro Alvares Cabral
A Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
A Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador.
Giovanni da Verrazzano
An Italian explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France.
Jacques Cartier
A Breton explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Duke of Viseu, better known as Prince Henry the Navigator, was a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15th-century European maritime discoveries and maritime expansion.
