Explorers

I am a Portuguese explorer who sailed in 1519. I wanted to reach Asia by sailing west. My crew circumnavigated (went all the way around) the globe!

• Hernando DeSoto

• Henry Hudson

• Robert LaSalle

• Ferdinand Magellan

I am a Spanish conquistador who sailed in 1539. I found gold in Peru. I discovered the Mississippi River.

• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Henerado DeSoto

• Robert LaSalle

I am the English and Dutch explorer who sailed in 1607. I wanted to find a northeast passage to China or Japan. I did not find that; but, I did find discover the Hudson River.

• Hernando DeSoto

• Henry Hudson

• Robert LaSalle

• Ferdinand Magellan

I am a French explorer who sailed in 1667. I claimed the mouth of Mississippi and the land that is now Louisiana. I tried to set up fur routes but had bad luck with some natives and Spaniards. Then, I was killed by my own crew!

• Robert LaSalle

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando DeSoto

• Henry Hudson

I am the Viking explorer who actually discovered America. I made the settlement Vinland.

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Leif Erikson

I am the Italian explorer who sailed in 1492. I was credited with discovering American, even though I didn't really do that.

• Robert LaSalle

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

I am the Italian explorer who lived in England and set sail in 1497. I wanted to find a northwest passage way but I didn't. I did claim land for England in the eastern part of North American though.

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Hernando DeSoto

• John Cabot

An adventure story that tells about a brave deed or deeds of people from long ago.

• scurvy

• saga

• cartographer

• monarch

time period from 1400-1600 after the dark ages when people began to have an age of thought, learning, art, and science. It is known as the "rebirth."

• navigation

• Renaissance

• monarch

• cartographer

Map maker

• navigation

• scurvy

• cartographer

• Renaissance