Explorers - pre colonial period
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name
country of origin
rulers/country they sailed for
years
significance of voyage
Christopher Columbus
Genoa
sailed for Spain
1492-1502
opened the door to European colonisation
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
Spain
sailed for Spain
1513-1518
opened the way for Spanish exploration & first European in South America
Amerigo Vespucci
Italy
sailed for Spain & Portugal
1497-1505
Mapped coastlines and constellations, then used his calculations to discover that they had discovered a new continent. Also bestowed the name “America” on the New World
Ferdinand Magellan
Portugal
sailed for Spain
1519 died in 1521 but voyage ended in 1552
circumnavigating the globe
Hernan Cortes
Spain
sailed for Spain
early 1500s - 1522
explored the northern part of Mexico+ conquered
Francisco Pizzaro
Spain
sailed for Spain
1513-1535
one of the first people to see the South sea +maintained Spanish rule in Peru
John Cabot
Genoa
England+Venice
1497-1498
Kickstarted English transatlantic exploration & found Newfoundland & found a shorter route across the North Atlantic
Sir Walter Raleigh
England
sailed for England (Queen Elizabeth I)
Organised 3 in 1584, 1585 and 1587 & went on one in 1616-1618
introduced potatoes and tobacco + failed to make a settlement
Giovanni de Verrazano
Italy
sailed for France
1527-1528
Produced the first European observations of the eastern edge of present-day U.S.
Jacques Cartier
France
sailed for France
1534-1541
credited with naming Canada and claiming it for France
Louis Jolliet & Fr. Jacques Marquette
France
sailed for France
1669-1673
initiated non-Native American settlements, explored central parts of Mississippi
Robert de la Salle
France
sailed for France
1669-1684
explored lands west of Lake Ontario, Hekoed develop fur trade + explored Mississippi River
Henry Hudson
England
sailed for England and Amsterdam
1607-1611
his exploration of the river opened up opportunities for future settlement and trade in North America + mapped out Hudson Bay
Juan Ponce de Leon
Spain
sailed for Spain
1493-1521
explored and settled in Puerto Rico+ credited with first European to reach Florida
Vasco de Gama
Portugal
sailed for Portugal
1497-1524
sailed to India and advised the Portuguese leader on Indian affairs for 20 years+ opened the discovery of the sea route to India
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