European Explorers KW

Prince Henry

Portuguese-Europe's first colonies

James Cook

New Zealand to Hawaii-Northwest Passage

Bartolomeu Dias

Cape of Good Hope

Robert de La Salle

Mississippi River-France-Louisiana

Christopher Columbus

New World-America-Indians

Vasco da Gama

24,000 miles-Europe to Asia.

John Cabot

North America-Vikings-England.

Henry Hudson

Hudson River-Hudson Bay-Netherlands.

Samuel de Champlain

Great Lakes-Quebec.

Francis Drake

first to circumnavigate the world for England

Amerigo Vespucci

South America-not the outskirts of Asia.

Ponce de Leon

Puerto Rico-Fountain of Youth

Vasco de Balboa

Isthmus of Panama-South Sea

Hernan Cortes

conquered the Aztecs

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

American West-Grand Canyon.

Jacques Cartier

Canada for France-St. Lawrence River

Francisco Pizarro

conquered the Incas

Hernando de Soto

Southeastern United States-Mississippi River.

Ferdinand Magellan

first expedition to circumnavigate the world-Philippines

Giovanni da Verrazano

Atlantic Coast-cannibals