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Great Explorers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chang Chien/Ziang Qian | 100 BC Buddhist explored western China. Captured by the Huns for 10 years. |
| Erik the Red | late 900s/early 1000s Banished Norwegian Viking discorvered Greenland after murdering 2 men. Lied to settlers. |
| Leif Ericksson | early 1000s Vicking discoverd North America/Vinland/Canada. |
| Marco Polo | 1200s wealthy Italian merchant traveled lower Asia for spices and jewels. chased by cannibals on Silk Route. |
| Ibn Battuta | 1300 Wealthy Moroccan Muslim explored Africa. "Whenever possible, neever take the same route twice." |
| Hernando Cortes | late 1400s/early 1500s Spanish explorer conquered Tenochtitlan and Aztecs while looking for a sea route from Central Ameirca. Discovered Panama Canal. Burned ships to keep men. |
| Francisco Pizarro | late 1400s/early 1500 Spanish conquistador with 200 men over 4000 Incas. Stole steasures for King of Spain. Emperor begged not to be burned at the stake. Pizarro spared his life if the Emperor would become Chrisitan. Strangle to death at the baptismal. |
| Christopher Columbus | 1492 Italian found N.America for Spanish King and Queen while looking for India/Asia. Proved the world was round. |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa | 1400s Spanish "explorer" who led 900 Indians and 100 Spaniards through Columbia conquering tribes for Coiban King. Beheaded by King of Spain for treason. Friends jealous. First European to see Atlantic Ocean from eastern shore (Central America). |
| Samuel de Champlain | late 1500s/early 1600s Norwegian Fur Trader discovered Quebec through St. Lawrence River. Governor. 40yr old and 12yr old wife. Creepy... |
| Hernando de Soto | 1500s Brutal Spanish conquistador of Mexico and America. Tried to convince Indians he was a god. Helped Pizarro. Found the Mississippi. Died of fever, buried in the dark on the banks of the Mississippi. |
| Francisco Vazques de Coronado | 1500s Spanish explorer looking for the Seven cities of Gold in Florida. Found Grand Canyon. Killed many. Left horses. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | late 1400s/early 1500s Portugese led 5 Spanish ships around the entire world. |
| Amerigo Vespucci | late 1400s/early 1500s Italian who sailed to N and S America. Mapmaker typo! |
| Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet | 1600s French fur traders explored Mississippi River by boat. Learned religion from native Americans. |
| Henry Hudson | late 1500s/early 1600s English discovered NY waters. Best friend charged his mutiny. |
| Captain Cook | 1700s Clean English explorer found Australia and Hawaii. Stabbed by many, many, Hawaiians. |
| Meriweather Lewis & William Clark | 1700s Americans explored west for Thomas Jefferson. Led to louisianna Purchase. Sacagaea, York and a dog named Seaman. |
| Freya Stark | 1900s French woman explored Middle East, Author, WWII |
| Knud Rasmussen | 1900s Norwegian First person to cross the Northwest Passage by dogsled. |
| Neil Armstrong | 1900s American, first person to touch the moon with Buzz Aldrin. |
| Isabele Ebehrardt | Swiss, late 1800s Female explorer of Morocco-dressed like a man. Author. |
| Mae C. Jemison | 1900s First African American female to fly in space. |
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