Explorer Stack Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
Marco Polo: Italy	Goals: Christianity to mongols and to gain wealth Fame: found a land route to Asia and wrote a book about his travels
Bartholomeu Dias: Portugal	Goals: find trade route to Asia and find country of Christian King Fame:Found the cape of good hope and discovered trade route
Christopher Columbus: Spain	Goals: Wanted to find a trade route to Asia Fame: He discovered a part of the new world, thinking it was Asia
Vasco Da Gama: Portugal	Goals: Wanted to find a sea route to Africa around India Fame: Found the route to Asia around the tip of Africa
Amerigo Vespucci: Spain and Portugal	Goals: he explored South America Fame: said that America was not asia, first to step onto america, he named America after himself
John Cabot: England	Goals: He claimed land for England and found a faster route to Asia Fame:Claimed land for England
Vasco Nunez de Balboa: Spain	Goals: Opining new land for Spain Fame: He was the first Sprained to claim the Pacific Ocean
Juan Ponce de Leon: Spain	Goals: look for gold, colonize Florida, find the fountain of youth Fame:Founded Porda Rico and Florida.
Ferdinand Magellan: Spain	Goals: find route to the spice islands Fame: he was know for finding the spice islands and was one of the first to sail around the world
Hernan Cortes: Spain	Goals: Explored mexico for colonization and claiming land Fame: Killing the Aztecs and gotting riches
Francisco Pizarro: Spain	Goals: wanted to find fortune, adventure, and claim land Fame:Killed the Inca Emperior and conquered the Inca empire
Jacques Cartier: France	Goals: find trade route to Asia, looking for the north west passage Fame: he discovered many famous landmarks in canada. maped the s.t lawrence river
Hernando de Soto: Spain	Goals: helped conquer Incas ( also Francisco Pizarro) and live out in America Fame: founded the missippippi river and defeated the incas
Francisco Coronado: Spain	Goals: tried to discover the seven golden cities for wealth Fame: founded mexico and got new land for Spain
Sir Francis Drake: England	Goals: he wanted to circumnavigate around the world Fame: defeated the spanish armada, cirumnavigated the world, and founded oregon
Samuel de Champlain: France	Goals: they wanted trading routes, land, resources. looking for north west passage Fame: founded the great lakes and Quebec (in Canada)
Henry Hudson: England/ Dutch East India Company	Goals: find route from Europe to Asia Fame: founded the Husdson: strait, bay, and river

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