Portuguese prince who started a school for sailors and sponsored early voyages of exploration.

Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain. He was also responsible for spreading catholicism to the natives of the New World.

Portuguese explorer that rounded the Cape of Good Hope at the Southern tip of Africa.

Spanish Explorer who searched for the Seven Cities of Gold but was unsuccessful. He is credited with being the first to discover the midwestern US.

First to cross the Pacific Ocean and circumnavigate the world.

Searched for the Fountain of Youth but found Florida instead.

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and built Mexico City.

A mapmaker and explorer who said that America was a new continent, so America was named after him.

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.