Age of Exploration Study Guide

Jacques Cartier

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

• French explorer known for being the first European to map and explore North America and ·         Explored and mapped Canada and the St. Lawrence River

• Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans

• An English explorer who explored for the Dutch. He claimed the Hudson River around present day New York and called it New Netherland. He also had the Hudson Bay named for him

Christopher Columbus (Pick 3)

• Attempted to sail west across the Atlantic to find a direct sea route to Asia    

• Italian explorer who sailed for King Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain

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

• Sailed with 88 men and 3 ships called the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria

Bartolomeu Dias- Pick 2

• Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to the southern tip of Africa

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

• Colonized and founded the Cape of Good Hope in southern 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.

Hernando de Soto

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

• Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico

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

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

Ferdinand Magellan

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

• Spain explorer with first crew to circumnavigate the globe and died on the Philippine Islands

• 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.

• Prince of Portugal who created school of navigation to train sailors

  and sponsored many voyages including Da Gama’s journey to India            

Henry Hudson

• French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France

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

• English explorer who took several expeditions to North America and searched for the Northwest Passage

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

Vasco da Gama

• Italian explorer who took 3 trips to the New World

• Discovered a sea route from Portugal to India by traveling around the southern tip of Africa    

• Mapped the east coast of South America

• ·         Attacked and robbed Spanish ships returning to Spain from the New World

Amerigo Vespucci- Select 3

• Italian explorer who took 3 trips to the New World

• Mapped the east coast of South America

• Credited for discovering the Americas and proving Columbus was not in Asia

• English sailor

Sir Francis Drake- Select 3

• English sailor and privateer hired by Elizabeth I

• Attacked and robbed Spanish ships returning to Spain from the New World

• Unsuccessfully attempted to find sea route through the Americas