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european explorers

Marco Polo

First european to travel to asia

Prince henry

Opened a navigational school and made better maps tools and ships for navigation

Christopher Columbus

sailed west in hopes of finding asia instead he found north america was funded by spain

Giovanni Caboto

He traveled to what he thought was asia but ended up in north america he also went in search of the northwest passage funded by england

Amerigo Vespucci

Realized the asia everybody thought they found was actually an entirely different continent he also searched for the northwest passage was funded by spain

balboa

Went through the inmas of panama to reach the pacific ocean was funded by spain

Magellan

Went under south america to reach the pacific his trip was funded by spain.

Treaty of Tordesillas

A treaty between spain and portugal

doncede leon

Claimed florida for spain he was the first spanish explorer was looking for the fountain of youth was funded by spain

cortez

Was a spanish conquistador conquered the aztecs and build mexico city

coronado

was a conquistador for spain claimed south western part of the united states for spain

Pizarro

spanish conquistador conquered the inca empire of peru mexico

De soto

Spain conquistador claimed the southeastern part of the us

Verrazano

Searched up and down the coasts of north and south america was looking for the northwest passage funded by france

Cartier

explored the saint lawrence river goal was to find the northwest passage funded by france

vikings

Reached north america 500 years before columbus

Northwest passage

a short cut through north america to asia

Problems early explorers faced

They need money for ships, crew, and supplies. They needed better maps and tools for sailing. long voyage were into unknown dangerous waters

Why wasn't anyone successful in finding the northwest passage

Because it doesn't exist!

columbus thought he reached asia by sailing west. did he?

he did not reach asia he reached the coast of the bahamas in north america

What two facts proved he didn't reach asia

It did not match marco polos book balboa sailed through the isthmus of panama to reach the pacific proving it was not asia but a new land

What were some costs and benefits of expeditions

costs: money for ships and crew and supplies benefits: countries would gain new land and become rich

why did so many countries want to find the northwest passage

the wanted a fast trading route to china

henry hudson

claimed hudson bay for england claimed hudson river for the netherlands founded by a trading company was muntied by his crew.