Age of Exploration Explorers

Jacques Cartier

• Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.

• French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France

• Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans

• An English explorer who explored for the Dutch. He claimed the Hudson River around present day New York and called it New Netherland. He also had the Hudson Bay named for him

Christopher Columbus

• Portuguese explorer-the first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.

• Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.

• Spanish explorer who became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1510 while exploring Panama

• Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)

Hernan Cortés

• Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.

• Spanish explorer who discovered and claimed the Mississippi River for Spain

• Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).

• (1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire.

Vasco da Gama

• Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.

• Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans

• Portuguese explorer-the first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.

• Spanish explorer who discovered and claimed the Mississippi River for Spain

Bartolome de Las Casas

• Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans

• Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.

• Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)

• French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France

Hernando de Soto

• Portuguese explorer-the first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.

• Spanish explorer who discovered and claimed the Mississippi River for Spain

• Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)

• Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).

• Spanish explorer who discovered and claimed the Mississippi River for Spain

• Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to the Spice Island by sailing around the American continent. His crew was the first to circumnavigate (travel all the way around) the world.

• Spanish explorer who became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1510 while exploring Panama

Ferdinand Magellan

• Spanish explorer who became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1510 while exploring Panama

• Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to the Spice Island by sailing around the American continent. His crew was the first to circumnavigate (travel all the way around) the world.

• Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).

• (1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire.

Francisco Pizarro

• Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).

• Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to the Spice Island by sailing around the American continent. His crew was the first to circumnavigate (travel all the way around) the world.

• An English explorer who explored for the Dutch. He claimed the Hudson River around present day New York and called it New Netherland. He also had the Hudson Bay named for him

• Spanish explorer who became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1510 while exploring Panama

Prince Henry the Navigator

• Spanish explorer who became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1510 while exploring Panama

• Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans

• Portuguese explorer-the first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.

• (1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire.