Main Explorers!
who some of the world's most important explorers and what they did... like Columbus, Cortes, etc.....
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- Drake
- got gold and silver from spanish ships/settlements, sailed up the coast and explored north america's west coast, making claims for england
- Bering
- danish sailor, claimed alaska for russia, got a strait and a SEA for him
- Dias
- found the southern end of africa and opened the route to the indies
- Magellan
- tried to sail around the world but was killed by the natives in the philippines
- Eriksson
- sailed from greeland to vineland 500 years before columbus crossed the atlantic
- Jolliet and Marquette
- paddled throuh GREAT LAKES and found mississippi river, france now had water route from atlantic to the middle of north america
- Coronado
- GRAND CANYON, searched for 7 cities
- Balboa
- stowed away with his DOG to colonize PANAMA area, found the pacific ocean
- Cortes
- led expedition to mexico, found great treasure, defeated aztec empire
- Juan Ponce de Leon
- FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, named florida b/c of the flowers, fought by natives who eventually killed him
- Cabot
- italian sailor who went by an englsih name and was the first european after vikings to find north america
- Champlain
- 1st european in new york, frenchman who sailed into large lake that's now named after him
- Vesspucci
- name was given to the new world, sailed across the "ocean sea" twice
- Pizarro
- OLD (60), marched with men to Peru, conquered inca empire
- Hudson
- made discoveries in north america for the dutch and english and got a river and a BAY named after him
- Cabral
- discovered brazil instead of africa, gave his country of portugal vast, rich american colony
- De Vaca
- expedition, enslaved for 2 years, escaped and explored southwest
- Verrazano
- italian who sailed to americas for the king of france, discovered the entrance to new york, long bridge named after him
- De Gama
- made first round trip by sea between portugal and spice islands
- La Salle
- real name: rene-robert cavelier, paddled down MISSISSIPPI river to the gulf of mexico, gave country claim of lands west of the mississippi
- Columbus
- figured out the best way to get to the indies; by sailing west across the "ocean sea", found indians and islands
- De Soto
- led men on difficult trek through southeast, thought he failed, actually found mississippi river
- Cartier
- sailed up the SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER, founded city of quebec, expanded explorations for canada