European Explorers

I landed in what is now part of the Bahamas.

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

I discovered a lake that is now named after me.

• Samuel de Champlain

• Giovanni di Verrazzano

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Henry Hudson

The Spanish King chose me to make the settlement Juan Ponce de Leon was unable to establish.

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

My crew ditched me after I refused to return to home with them.

• Samuel de Champlain

• Giovanni di Verrazzano

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Henry Hudson

My ship was called the Half Moon.

• Samuel de Champlain

• Giovanni di Verrazzano

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Henry Hudson

I never returned from my second voyage, but one of my ships was discovered in Ireland. It is believed that I died at sea.

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

I explored the New York harbor and claimed it for France.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Giovanni di Verrazzano

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

I was born in Italy.

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

I took the two ships that were damaged in Verrazano's voyage.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Giovanni di Verrazzano

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

I discovered the Mississippi River.

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus