For traveling to China spending 17 years, when he returned he wrote a book about what he found which started the age of exploration.

Being the first European to round the tip of Africa/ the Cape of Good Hope

Commanding the first European ships, Established a new maritime trade route, Discovered the sea route to India

Amerigo’s claim to fame is the discover that there was a content that wasn’t part of asia. What is now known as america, was named after Amerigo Vespucci.

Lead the first documented European expedition to North America

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

He discovered the South Sea (the Pacific Ocean), and played a key role in establishing the first european colony.

being the first European to officially reached new land that he called Florida in 1513, fountain of youth believer, starts the first permanent settlement from Europe called St Augustine

Leading the first expedition to circumnavigate the Earth

He led the conquest of the Aztec Empire in present-day Mexico.

Francisco Pizarro is most famous for leading the Spanish conquest for the Inca Empire, leading to the demise of the Inca civilization and Spanish establishment in Peru in account of the Spanish Empire.

his daring voyages and the discovery of major North American waterways (Hudson River), he is the reason for New Amsterdam the Dutch colony that later became New York

ground work for future colonization, met pueblo people, seven cities of gold

leading the first large-scale European expedition into the American Southwest, discovering the Grand Canyon, the Great Plains, and encountering vast herds of American bison

his role as a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Peru

Claimed present-day Canada for the French, also discovered Canada. First person to navigate the now St. Lawrence River

He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. He makes a land claim for England on the west side of North America which will eventually become Oregon territory.

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SS Explorers Fame

Question	Answer
Marco Polo	For traveling to China spending 17 years, when he returned he wrote a book about what he found which started the age of exploration.
Bartholomeu Dias	Being the first European to round the tip of Africa/ the Cape of Good Hope
Christopher Columbus	He discovered the Americas
Vasco Da Gama	Commanding the first European ships, Established a new maritime trade route, Discovered the sea route to India
Amerigo Vespucci	Amerigo’s claim to fame is the discover that there was a content that wasn’t part of asia. What is now known as america, was named after Amerigo Vespucci.
John Cabot	Lead the first documented European expedition to North America
Vasco Nunez de Balboa	He discovered the South Sea (the Pacific Ocean), and played a key role in establishing the first european colony.
Juan Ponce de Leon	being the first European to officially reached new land that he called Florida in 1513, fountain of youth believer, starts the first permanent settlement from Europe called St Augustine
Ferdinand Magellan	Leading the first expedition to circumnavigate the Earth
Hernan Cortes	He led the conquest of the Aztec Empire in present-day Mexico.
Francisco Pizarro	Francisco Pizarro is most famous for leading the Spanish conquest for the Inca Empire, leading to the demise of the Inca civilization and Spanish establishment in Peru in account of the Spanish Empire.
Henry Hudson	his daring voyages and the discovery of major North American waterways (Hudson River), he is the reason for New Amsterdam the Dutch colony that later became New York
Samuel de Champlain	ground work for future colonization, met pueblo people, seven cities of gold
Francisco Coronado	leading the first large-scale European expedition into the American Southwest, discovering the Grand Canyon, the Great Plains, and encountering vast herds of American bison
Hernando de Soto	his role as a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Peru
Jacques Cartier	Claimed present-day Canada for the French, also discovered Canada. First person to navigate the now St. Lawrence River
Sir Francis Drake	He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. He makes a land claim for England on the west side of North America which will eventually become Oregon territory.

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