Early Explorers

I was a Spanish Explorer.

• Samuel de Champlain

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Henry Hudson

• Jean Nicolet

I brought diseases to the Taino Indians.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Jean Nicolet

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

I claimed present-day San Francisco.

• Sir Francis Drake

• Jacques Cartier

• John Cabot

• Robert de La Salle

I discovered the Hudson River.

• John Cabot

• Robert de La Salle

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Henry Hudson

England believed I was the first to discover America.

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

I was an English explorer.

• Samuel de Champlain

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

I explored the Great Lakes.

• Sir Francis Drake

• John Cabot

• Samuel de Champlain

• Henry Hudson

I explored Lake Michigan.

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Robert de La Salle

• Jean Nicolet

We explored the Mississippi River

• Henry Hudson/Sir Francis Drake

• John Cabot/Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus/Amerigo Vespucci

• Jean Nicolet/Robert de La Salle

I explored the St Lawrence River.

• John Cabot

• Jean Nicolet

• Jacques Cartier

• Amerigo Vespucci