Explorers

Conquered the Aztecs

• Leif Erikson

• Hernan Cortez

• Franisco Pizzaro

• John Cabot

The first European to reach North America

• Samuel de Champlain

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Leif Erickson

Realized Ccolumbus found the new world, America is named after him

• Vasco de Gama

• Hernando de Soto

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Bartolomeu Dias

Believed he found Asia but discovered the West Indies

• Henry Hudson

• Mr. G

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

His crew was the first to sail around the world

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Jacques Cartier

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

Found the first all water route to Asia

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco de Gama

• Henry Hudson

• Hernan Cortez

Conquered the Inca

• Samuel de Champlain

• Hernan Cortez

• Frnacisco Pizzaro

• Bartolomeu Dias

Found present day New York, the Hudson River and Bay

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Mr. New York

First explorer to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)

• John Cabot

• Mocteuzama

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Amerigo Vespucci

Discovered Montreal and the St. Lawrence River

• John Cabot

• Lief Eriksson

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Jacques Cartier