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European Explorers

Explorers of the Age of Exploration (European)

ExplorerSailed for:Major accomplishment
Jacques Cartier France explored St. Lawrence River / Canada
John Cabot England established English claims in American northeast and E. Canada
Pedro Cabral Portugal established Portuguese claim on Brazil
Hernan de Balboa Spain crossed Panama / first to see Pacific Ocean
Amerigo Vespucci Spain explores Ameican eastern coastlines / his name used on maps / America became name...
Henry Hudson Dutch East India Co. explored NY harbor and Hudson River
Christopher Columbus Spain voyages to America changed the world / first landing in Bahama islands
Ferdinand Magellan Spain first to circumnavigate the globe
Hernando Cortes Spain conqueror of the Aztecs
Francisco Pizarro Spain conqueror of the Inca
Bartolome de las Casas Spain advocate for native peoples in the Americas
Bartolomeu Dias Portugal first tofind the souther tip of the African continent
Ponce de Leon Spain first European to explore Florida
Francis Drake (Sir) himself and secretly for England attacked Spanish interests in Americas / survived circumnavigation of globe
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