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John Cabot
He claimed land in North America for England in 1497-1498 (for England)
Francis Drake
He led the first English expedition to circumnavigate the world in 1578-1580 (for England)
James Cook
He led 3 expeditions that explored the world including searching for the Northwest Passage and mapping lands from New Zealand to Hawaii in 1768-1779 (for England)
Henry Hudson
He explored the Hudson River and the Hudson bay for England and the East Coast for the Netherlands in 1607-1611 (from England and Netherlands)
Giovanni Da Verrazzano
He explored the Atlantic Coast for France in 1524-1528 (for France)
Jacques Cartier
In his 3 voyages, he claimed Canada for France and mapped the St. Lawrence River in 1534-1542 (for France)
Samuel De Champlain
He mapped the Atlantic Coast and the Great Lakes and founded Quebec in 1603-1616 (for France)
Robert La Salle
He claimed the Mississippi River and its tributaries for France 1679-1687 (for France)
Prince Henry
He was not an explorer, but he sponsored the first Portuguese expeditions that established Europe's first colonies and discovered places new to the Europeans in 1418-1460 (for Portugal)
Bartolomeu Dias
His expedition was the first to sail around the southern cape of Africa, Cape of Good Hope in 1487-1488 (for Portugal)
Vasco Da Gama
He and his men traveled 24,000 miles to discover the first sea route from Europe to Asia in 1497-1499 (for Portugal)
Amerigo Vespucci
He explored South America and declared it was a new continent and a New World, not the outskirts of Asia in 1499-1504 (for Portugal)
Christopher Columbus
He made a total of 4 voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, "discovered" a New World, America, and named the natives there Indians in 1492-1502 (for Spain)
Ponce De Leon
His expedition explored Puerto Rico. Years later, he led n expedition into Florida looking for the mythical Fountain of Youth in 1508-1513 (for Spain)
Vasco De Balboa
He claimed the Pacific Ocean and its shores for Spain in1510-1519 (for Spain)
Hernan Cortes
He and his men conquered the Aztecs and made Spain very Wealthy in 1519-1524 (for Spain)
Ferdinand Magellan
He led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world in 1519-1521 (for Spain)
Francisco Pizarro
He and his man conquered the Incas and made Spain very wealthy in 1532 (for Spain)
Hernando De Soto
His expedition explored the Southerneastern United States and discovered the mouth of the Mississippi River 1532-1542 (for Spain)
Francisco Vasquez De Coronado
His expedition was one of the first to explore the American West. He made contact with the Pueblo Indians and discovered the Grand Canyon in 1540-1542 (for Spain)