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Explorers
Match the explorer with the corresponding facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Christopher Columbus | sailed Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria to the Caribbean islands |
| Hernando de Soto | discovered Mississippi River |
| Ferdinand Magellan | 1st voyage to circumnavigate the globe (died in Philippines) |
| Bartolomeu Dias | 1st to sail around the Cape of Good Hope (Africa) |
| Vasco de Gama | first European to sail directly to India |
| Henry Hudson | sailed for England and Dutch East India Co. searched for Northwest Passage, explored parts of Canada and northern US |
| Samuel de Champlain | French explorer who founded Quebec; "Father of New France" |
| Vasco de Balboa | became governor of Panama; 1st European to see the Pacific Ocean, claimed it for Spain |
| James Cook | sailed the Endeavor to Australia and New Zealand; charted 1st accurate map of the Pacific. |
| Sir Francis Drake | pirate and slaver; plunders Spanish settlements and fought the Spanish Armada; 1st Englishman to circumnavigate the globe |
| Marco Polo | traveled to China; served in the court of Kublai Khan; book of his travels titled "The Description of the World" of " Il Milione" |
| Hernan Cortez | explored Mexico and overthrew the Aztecs |
| Giovanni Verrazano | Italian who sailed for France to the New World and charted much of the coast of North America (from Florida to New York) |
| Amerigo Vespucci | voyages to the New World were basis for South American map; America is named for him |
| John Cabot | Italian who landed in Canada, claiming it for England. |
| Francisco Pizarro | joined Balboa's Pacific expedition; later conquered the Incas in Peru |
| Jacques Cartier | sailed to the New World for France; explored the St. Lawrence River and lands that would become Canada |
| Zheng He | diplomat and explorer from China who traveled as far as Africa |
| Juan Ponce de Leon | this conquistador served as the first governor of Puerto Rico; named Florida after landing there in his search for the fountain of youth |
| Lief Ericson | this Viking was the first European to reach North America |
| Roald Amundsen | this Norwegian sailed the Northwest Passage and was the first to reach the South Pole |
| Ibn Battuta | this Moroccan traveler set out on a pilgrimage to Mecca and continued his travels for 30 more years, reaching China, Europe and Africa's east coast |
| David Livingstone | Scottish medical missionary crossed Africa, sighted Victoria Falls and searched for the source of the Nile |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | this favorite of Queen Elizabeth I championed North American colonization and helped establish a failed colony at Roanoke |
| Pedro Cabral | Portuguese explorer was the first to Brazil and established a successful sea route to India |
| Jacques Marquette | French missionary was part of an expedition with Joliet to map the Mississippi River |
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