European Explorers from Chapter 2 of History Alive!
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- Bartholomeu Diaz
- Portuguese, first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope
- Francisco Pizarro
- Spanish, Conquered Peru and the Inca empire
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Portuguese, first to sali around the world
- Robert de La Salle
- French explorer, explored the Great Lakes and traveled to the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed it for France
- Samuel de Champlain
- French Explorer, Explored eastern coast of North America and the coast of the St. Lawrence River
- Christopher Columbus
- Made 4 voyages to West Indies and Caribbean Islands
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Italian, Sailed to West Indies and South America, North and South America are named after him
- Francisco Coronado
- Spanish, Explored American Southwest including the Grand Canyon
- Prince Henry the Navigator
- Portuguese, sponsored expeditions of the western African coastline
- Vasco de Gama
- Portuguese, First to travel to West Indies around Africa
- John Cabot
- Explored the east coast of North America, first to search for a Northwest passage