Explorers

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Hernan Cortes

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec in Mexico

Amerigo Vespucci

his maps and sketches were used to help him name the "New World" (The Americas)

Ferdinand Magellan

Circumnavigated the world and proved the earth was round

Francisco Pizarro

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca in Peru

John Cabot

sent by England to explore a northwestern route to the Indies and found Nova Scotia and Newfoundland

Vasco de Gama

1st European to sail a sea route to India

Bartolomeu Dias

Portuguese explorer caught in a storm at the southern tip of Africa

Prince Henry the Navigator

Portuguese explorer who started a school for navigation

Henry Hudson

Explored the New York/New Jersey shoreline for the English

Christopher Columbus

"Discovered" the island San Salvador

Jaques Cartier

Explored Canada and claimed it for the French

Giovanni da Verrazano

Discovered the New York Bay

Sir Francis Drake

First Englishman to circumnavigate the world

Montezuma

Aztec leader when the Spanish arrived in Mexico

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Explorer who landed on the Isthmus of Panama

Ferdinand and Isabella

Spanish monarch(s) who financed the expedition of Columbus