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All American History

Explorers-Unit 1

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Leif Eriksson First European known to have discovered and to have sought to colonize in North America (around 1000 A.D.)
Balboa First European to sight the Pacific Ocean from an American shore
Cabot Explorer who established England's claim to an American empire
Cartier First European to discover and explore the St. Lawrence River
Champlain Father of New France and the first cartographer of New England
Columbus Discoverer of a trade route across the Atlantic still used by sea captains today and the first European to explore the Bahamas, Cuba and Hispaniola
Coronado Explorer of the present-day southwestern United States in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola
De Soto Explorer of the present-day southeastern United States and first European to cross the Mississippi River
Drake Leader of the second expedition to sail around the world
Prince Henry Founder of a groundbreaking school of navigation and shipbuilding
Hudson Reason for the establishment of a Dutch presence in North America
Magellan Mariner whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe
Marco Polo Author of an influential book that inspired other European explorers to search for another trade route to the Far East
Ponce de Leon Important colonizer in Puerto Rico and Hispaniola and first European to discover Florida, the Bahama Channel, and the Gulf Stream
Raleigh English gentleman who sponsored the expedition that established the Lost Colony
Verrazano First European to discover New York Bay and Narragansett Bay and the establisher of the French claim to American territory
Vespucci Origin of the name applied to the new continents discovered during the Age of European Exploration
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