Explorers, Conquistadors, and Other Random People
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- John White
- the man who discovered the missing colony at Roanoke
- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
- a Spanish explorer who wanted to find the Seven Cities of Gold
- Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
- a Spanish explorer who faced many problems while exploring southwestern United States
- Samuel de Champlain
- a French sailor who founded the colony of Quebec
- Bartolome de Las Casas
- a Spanish priest who protested against the unfair treatment of the Indians
- Francisco Pizarro
- a conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
- Christopher Columbus
- a famous explorer; he sailed for Italy. He is credited with the discover of North America
- Erik the Red
- Leif Eriksson's father and a famous viking explorer
- Bartolomeu Dias
- a Portugese explorer who led an expedition down the African coast
- Ferdinand Magellan
- a Portugese navigator who was the first to circumnavigate the globe
- Peter Stuyvesant
- the governor of New Netherland
- Hernando de Soto
- a Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi River
- Vasco da Gama
- a Portugese explorer who travelled around the Cape of Good Hope
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- He received a charter to start an English colony in Virginia.
- Amerigo Vespucci
- a Spanish explorer who led a fleet of ships to the coast of South America
- Leif Eriksson
- a viking explorer who "discovered" Greenland
- Prince Henry the Navigator
- a navigator who started a school in Portugal that taught people better methods of sailing
- Hernan Cortez
- a conquistador who took over the Aztec Empire
- John Cabot
- an Italian sailor who searched for the Northwest Passage
- Jacques Cartier
- a French sailor who explored around Canada
- Vasco Nunez de Balboa
- a Spanish explorer who first saw the Pacific ocean
- Peter Minuit
- a Dutch sailor who bought Manhattan for $24
- Henry Hudson
- an English captain who sailed for the Dutch. He discovered what is now Hudson Bay
- Martin Luther
- a German priest who spread the idea of Protestant-ism.
- Rene-Robert de La Salle
- a French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France
- Juan Ponce de Leon
- a Spanish explorer who was searching for the Fountain of Youth
- Louis Jolliet (and Jacques Marquette)
- French sailor and missionary who set out to find the Mississippi river. (again)