European Explorers

This explorer discovered the Caribbean Islands

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

This explorer discovered the Pacific Ocean

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

This explorer discovered Canada and North America

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

This explorer discovered the east coast of Canada

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

This explorer discovered Florida

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

This explorer discovered the east coast and explored as far south as North Carolina

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

This explorer was the first to discover the new world and meet the Native Americans

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

This explorer claimed all the land and sea the Pacific Ocean touched for Spain

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

This explorer sailed up the St. Lawrence River and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

This explorer was the first to cross the Mississippi River and encounter the Mississippian indians

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernando de Soto

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson