Explorers

He was an icelandic{from iceland}explorer and the first known European to have discovered North America, before Columbus

• Leif Erikson

• Marco Polo

• Henry Hudson

• Prince Henry the Navigator

A merchant that was born in venice italy. He traveled to asia with his father and uncle and met kublai khan. He was imprisoned and wrote the book “The Travels of Marco Polo”This book inspired exploration in europe.

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• John Cabot

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

An English {from England} Sea explorer in the early 1600s. He attempted to discover a shorter route from Europe to Asia through the arctic ocean. He became famous for exploring parts of Canada

• Leif Erikson

• Henry Hudson

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

He was a Portuguese explorer and prince. He sent many expeditions from Portugal to the west coast of Africa. He played a large role in Portugal's influence in the age of exploration.

• Giovanni da Verrazzano

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

• Prince Henry the Navigator

An Italian explorer that is credited for discovering America. He came with 90 men in the Nina, Pinta, & Santa maria. His journey began the exploration of the Americas.

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Marco Polo

A Spanish conquistador and explorer. He crossed the isthmus {strip on land that connects two bigger pieces of land} of panama to the pacific ocean. He was the first European to have reached the pacific from the Americas.

• Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

• Giovanni da Verrazzano

• Henry Hudson

• Prince Henry the Navigator

An Italian explorer who accidentally discovered land in Canada, mistaking it for Asia in 1497. He claimed the land for king henry vll {7th}. He set sail in 1498 for another voyage to north America but was never heard from again. His death remains mystery.

• Marco Polo

• Leif Erikson

• John Cabot

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

A Portuguese explorer. He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, reaching the Indian ocean from the Atlantic. He was the first explorer to have done this

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Hernan Cortes

• Bartholomeu Dias

An Italian explorer who traveled the Atlantic coast of north America between the Carolinas and newfoundland, as well as the new York harbor in 1523.

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Giovanni da Verrazzano

• Leif Erikson

A Spanish explorer that led an expedition in search of a “city of gold” that he heard in legends. He never found the treasure but he discovered the great canyon.

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus