Age of Exploration / Explorers

Christopher Columbus

• Portuguese explorer-the first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.

• Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.

• Spanish explorer who became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1510 while exploring Panama

• Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)

Hernan Cortés

• Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.

• Spanish explorer who discovered and claimed the Mississippi River for Spain

• Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).

• (1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire.

Vasco da Gama

• Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.

• Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans

• Portuguese explorer-the first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.

• Spanish explorer who discovered and claimed the Mississippi River for Spain

Ferdinand Magellan

• Spanish explorer who became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1510 while exploring Panama

• Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to the Spice Island by sailing around the American continent. His crew was the first to circumnavigate (travel all the way around) the world.

• Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).

• (1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire.

Prince Henry the Navigator

• Spanish explorer who became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1510 while exploring Panama

• Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans

• Portuguese explorer-the first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.

• (1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire.

Which explorer looked for waterways to Pacific along the North American coast?

• Jon Cabot

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Bartolomeu Dias

Which explorer scouted the coast of North and South America ... America is named after this explorer?

• James Cook

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

Which explorer led first exploration that sailed around the world ... his crew made it even though Magellan died during the trip?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando de Soto

• Vasco Da Gama

Which explorer stole Treasure from Spanish ships, also sailed around the world?

• Christopher Columbus

• Sir Frances Drake

• Amerigo Vespucci

Which foods came from Americas? 

• Wheat & Rice 
• Potatoes & Squash