Explorers during the Age of Exploration

Claimed much of the southwestern part of the United States.

**Think... he was down in Mexico and came into the south of the U.S. looking for a city made of gold (like a CROWN)

• Hernan Cortes

• John Cabot

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Juan Ponce de Leon

He claimed the St. Lawrence River and Montreal in Canada.

Think.. in Montreal you speak French

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

• Robert de la Salle

Claimed Florida for Spain

Think...who landed in Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

• Fancisco Vasquez de Coronado

Explored the Mississippi River Valley and named it Louisiana.

Think... in Louisiana people speak Creole, which is English and French mixed.

• Jacques Cartier

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Henry Hudson

• Robert de la Salle

First to explore the Hudson River.

• Christopher Columbus

• Robert de la Salle

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot

He discovered America and started the Age of Exploration.

• Henry Hudson

• Hernan Cortes

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

He set up a school for sea captains that taught navigation.

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Jacques Cartier

• Robert de la Salle

Conquered the Aztecs and claimed the land for Spain.

• Hernan Cortes

• Franciscso Vasquez de Coronado

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Robert de la Salle

Claimed land in Canada for England, including the Grand Banks

• Jacques Cartier

• Hernan Cortes

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson