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European Explorers

5th grade European Explorers

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Leif Erikkson Discovered Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland and Canada
Prince Henry Started a Sailing School
Christopher Columbus Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, and San Salvadar
Bartholomew Dias Southern tip of Africa/ Cape of Good Hope
Vasco Nunez de Ballboa Discovered the Pacific ocean, Panama, an Central America
Ferdinand Megellan First to sail the Pacific and circumnavigate the globe
Francisco Pizarro Conquered the Incas in Peru
Hernando de Soto Mississippi River and gulf of Mexico
Pedro Cabral Discovered Brazil
Marco Polo Traveled to China and the Far East
Amerigo Vespucci Geographer and Cartographer (mapmaker), America named after him
Juan Ponce de Leon Puerto Rico and St. Augustine, Florida, Searched for the Fountain of Youth
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet Mississippi River and Chicago
Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable First black explorer, New Orleans, Louisiana
Robert de la Salle Louisiana
Henry Hudson Hudson River, Hudson Bay
Francisco Coronado America Southwest, Grand Canyon, looked for the 7 cities of gold
Giovanni de Verrazano Eastern North America
Jacques Cartier St. Lawrence River, Montreal Canada
Samuel de Champlain Quebec and Lake Champlain
John Cabot Eastern Canada, Long Island
Sir Frances Drake West coast of North America, Sailed around the World. Known as a "pirate"
Hernando Cortes Mexico, Conquered the Aztecs in Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)
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