Y9 Early European Explorers

He reated a school for exploration - mapmakers, shipbuilders and navigators shared ideas and learnt from each other

• Cabot

• De Balboa

• Prince Henry

• Columbus

He was the first European to cross the Americas and reach the Pacific Ocean.

• Magellan

• Cartier

• Dias

• De Balboa

He named the Pacific Ocean (the ‘peaceful’ ocean).

• Prince Henry

• Magellan

• Columbus

• Cabot

He was looking for a trade route to Asia.

• Cabot

• Columbus

• Magellan

• De Gama

He broke the Europe-Asia trade monopoly of the Italian city-states and the Ottomans

• Da Gama

• Dias

• Magellan

• Cartier

He gave Canada its name (indigenous name for ‘village’).

• Cabot

• Prince Henry

• Cartier

• Da Gama

He showed Europeans that they could sail around Africa and possibly reach Asia.

• Da Gama

• Prince Henry

• Dias

• Magellan

He found one of the richest fishing areas in the world. 

• Columbus

• Da Balboa

• Cartier

• Cabot

His discovery led to the Spanish colonization of the Americas (New Spain) helping to make Spain a major power in Europe.

• Columbus

• Da Gama

• Magellan

• Dias

These explorers did NOT sail for their own kingdoms.

• Columbus

• Magellan

• Cabot

• Cartier