European Explorers

Which explorer was the son of the king of Portugal and created the caravel?

• Marco Polo

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Prince William

• Bartolomeu Dias

Explorer who traveled to China in search of riches.

• Marco Polo

• Prince Henry

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Henry Hudson

One of the first Europeans to visit North America who lasted in Newfoundland off the coast of Canada.

• Leif Eriksson

• Prince Eric

• Marco Polo

• John Cabot

Italian sailor who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on three ships for the kings of Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Marco Polo

• Henry Hudson

French sailor who arrived in Montreal by the Saint Lawrence river.

• Jacques Cartier

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• John Cabot

• Samuel de Champlain

English Explorer who sailed across the Atlantic and reached in New York to claim the land for the Dutch.

• Henry Hudson

• Samuel de Champlain

• Jacques Cartier

• John Cabot

His voyage proved a northern route to the Americas was possible. He explored the Canadian coast and claimed all finishing rights for England.

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

• Juan Ponce de Leon

First man from Spain to explore Florida. He hoped to find the Fountain of Youth!

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Samuel de Champlain

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

This explorer brought settlers to Quebec, Canada and traded furs with the Native Americans. He sailed through the Great Lakes.

• Samuel de Champlain

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Jaques Cartier

• John Cabot

The first European to ever reach the Southern tip of Africa.

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Leif Eriksson

• Marco Polo

• Henry the Navigator