European Exploration

Balboa

Hacked a passage westward through the

tropical forests of Panama and found the Pacific

Ocean.

Montezuma

Aztec ruler the Spaniards conquered

Ricci

Jesuit priest, scholar, and missionary who

arrived in China during the 1500s.

Pizarro

He killed Atahualpa and colonized the Incas in

South America

Albuquerque

Portuguese who arrive in the Mughal Empire.

Cabot

First to navigate to North America under the

British Crown

Vespucci

The Americas got its name from him

Atahualpa

Inca Emperor in Cuzco defeated by the

Spaniards

Cortes

He conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico

Columbus

The Tainos welcomed him but later he

claimed Tainos’ land for the Spanish monarchs.

Cartier

Claimed North American lands for France and

established New France