chapter 1 US history

Leif Erikson

Viking explorer who reached North America around 1000.

Martin Luther

Started the Protestant Reformation.

Henry the Navigator

3. Portuguese prince who supported exploration.

Bartolomeu Dias

First European to round the southern tip of Africa.

Vasco da Gama

Sailed from Europe to India around Africa.

Christopher Columbus

Reached the Americas in 1492 while looking for Asia.

Amerigo Vespucci

Explored the New World; America was named after him.

Pope Alexander VI

Set the Line of Demarcation between Spain and Portugal.

Juan Ponce de León

Explored Florida.

Vasco de Balboa

First European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.

Ferdinand Magellan

Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world.

Hernando Cortés

Conquered the Aztec Empire.

Francisco Pizarro

Conquered the Inca Empire.

Francisco Coronado

Explored the American Southwest.

Hernando de Soto

Explored the Southeast and discovered the Mississippi River.

Philip II

King of Spain who sent the Spanish Armada.

Elizabeth I

Queen of England who defeated the Spanish Armada.

Jacques Cartier

Explored the St. Lawrence River.

Samuel de Champlain

Founded Quebec; called the “Father of New France.”

Jacques Marquette

French missionary and explorer of the Mississippi River.

Louis Jolliet

Explored the Mississippi River with Marquette.

Robert Cavalier de La Salle

Explored the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed Louisiana for France.