America, Europe, and Africa before 1620

Viking adventurer, first European in the Americas

• John Cabot

• Hernando de Soto

• Leif Erickson

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Spanish explorer who found the Mississippi River

• Leif Erickson

• Francisco Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Spanish explorer who discovered the Grand Canyon

• Francisco Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Samuel de Champlain

Spanish explorer looking for the Fountain of Youth in Florida

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Francisco Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

• Samuel de Champlain

French explorer that started Quebec

• Samuel de Champlain

• Hernando de Soto

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Francisco Coronado

English sailor who defeated the Spanish Armada and sailed around the world

• John Cabot

• Leif Erickson

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Sir Francis Drake

English nobleman who organized the expedition to Roanoke Island

• Sir Francis Drake

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Leif Erickson

• John Cabot

First English explorer who claimed North America for England

• Leif Erickson

• John Cabot

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Sir Francis Drake

Early Native American group called the "rubber people"

• Aztec

• Inca

• Maya

• Olmec

Mesoamerican group that was famous for its capital city in the lake, Tenochtitlan

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Maya

• Inca