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European Explorers
2nd part with Vespucci
Question | Answer |
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explored St. Lawrence River / Canada | Jacques Cartier |
established English claims in American northeast and E. Canada | John Cabot |
first to see Pacific Ocean | Vasco Nunez de Balboa |
explores Ameican eastern coastlines / his name used on maps / | Amerigo Vespucci |
explored NY harbor and Hudson River | Henry Hudson |
voyages to America changed the world / credited with opening the door for exploration | Christopher Columbus |
first to circumnavigate the globe | Ferdinand Magellan |
conqueror of the Aztecs | Hernando Cortes |
conqueror of the Inca | Francisco Pizarro |
first European to explore Florida | Ponce de Leon |
The father of New France, Mapped much of what is now Canada Mapped the Great Lakes, founded Quebec | Samuel de Champlain |
The crew mutinied and sent him adrift (marooned him) | Henry Hudson |
Named Canada | Jaques Cartier |
scuttlled his ships, so his crew couldn't go back to Cuba | Hernando Cortes |
Accused of treason and beheaded | Vasco Nunez de Balboa |
sailed for Spain and Portugal | Ferdinand Magellan |
He realized that the land that he was exploring was separate from Asia | Amerigo Vespucci |
Searched for the Fountain of Youth, and was removed from being the governor of Puerto Rico because of his brutality to the Natives | Ponce de Leon |