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Explorers 7th grade
Explorers
Term | Definition |
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Leif Ericcson | established a colony in Vinland , Viking |
Eric the Red | Viking, established colonies in Iceland and greenland |
October 12, 1492 | Christopher Columbus first lands in America |
Christopher Columbus | Italian who sailed for Spain, sailed to America and claimed it for Spain |
Isabella and Ferdinand | Spain rulers who gave Columbus the money to sail |
John Cabot | Italian who sailed for England, Landed in Newfoundland, established the claim of England in North America |
Amerigo Vespucci | Italian sailing for Spain, Reached South America, realized the new land was not Asia, America named for him |
Juan Ponce de Leon | Spanish explorer, 1st to land in Florida, Looked for the Fountain of Youth, named Florida(land of flowers), held first mass in future US |
Giovanni Verranzano | Italian sailing for Spain, finds NY harbor, Hudson River, sails down east coast of the future US |
Jacques Cartier | French explorer, sails up St. Lawrence River, claims the territory for France |
Hernando de Soto | Spanish explorer, explores from Florida to Mississippi, discovers the Mississippi River where he was buried |
Francisco Coronado | Spanish explorer, explored the future SW United States while looking for the Seven Cities of Cibola (Gold) |
St. Augustine | Founded in 1565 by the Spanish, oldest city in US, established by Pedro Menendez de Aviles |
Samuel de Champlain | French explorer, "Father of New France," a territory covering much of eastern Canada |
Henry Hudson | Dutch Explorer, found the hudson River and Hudson Bay, following a mutiny he and his son were left adrift in the Hudson Bay |
Junipero Sera | Franciscan priest, established many missions in California--included San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Monica |
Columbian Exchange | The exchange of foods and diseases between Europe and the Americas |
Fr. Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet | Explored the Mississippi River and found its mouth (end of a river) |
Rene Robert Cavelier de la Salle | French explorer, claimed the Mississippi River for France, named Louisiana after the French King |