Chapter 2 European Explorers

Spanish priest that felt Native Americans should be treated with kindness

• Bartolome de Las Casas
• Christopher Columbus
• Bartolome Dias
• Ferdinand Magellan

Sailor from Genoa, Italy who reached the Americas instead of Asia

• Hernan Cortes
• Christopher Columbus
• Bartolome Dias
• Ferdinand Magellan

Portuguese navigator whose crew sailed 40,000 miles around the world

• Hernan Cortes
• Francisco Pizarro
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Jacques Cartier

Spanish conquistador that conquered the Inca Empire in Peru

• Leif Erikson
• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernan Cortes
• Henry the Navigator

He advanced Portugal's exploration efforts with his observatory and school of navigation

• Francisco Pizarro
• Leif Erikson
• Christopher Columbus
• Henry the Navigator

Spanish Conquistador that conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico

• Francisco PIzarro
• Hernan Cortes
• Bartolomeu Dias
• Ferdinand Magellan

French sailor who claimed areas of Canada for Franch

• Jacques Cartier
• Leif Erickson
• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco de Gama

Viking sailor who landed on the present day North American coast of Canada

• Jacques Cartier
• Leif Erikson
• Vasco de Gama
• Martin Luther

Portuguese explorer who rounded African Cape of Good Hope and found a sea route from Europe to Asia

• Vasco de Gama
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Hernan Cortes
• Francisco Pizarro

The first Europeans to make contact with North America

• English
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Vikings