Review Guides on Explorers

Student Study Guide Review Sheet on the Explorers.

Vasco Nunex de Balboa : Discovers the Pacific.

John Cabot: Explored the East Coast Of North America.

Jaques Cartier : Explorerd St Lawrence.

Samuel Champlain : Explored St Lawrence, Settled Quebec.

Francisco Coronado : Explored Southwestern part of the United States.

Christopher Columbus : First explored New World; Explored Caribbean and Central America.

Hernan Cortes : Conquered Mexico.

Bartolomeu Dias: Sailed Around the southern tip of Africa.

Vasco de Gama: Sailed Around Africa to India.

Henry Hudson: Explored Hudson River and Hudson Bay.

Juan Ponce de Leon : Conquered Puerto Rico and Explored Florida.

Ferdinand Magellan: Crew Circles world.

Francisco Pizarro : Conquered the Incas in Peru.

Hernando De Soto : Explored the Mississippi River.

Giovanni De Verrazano : Discovered New York Harbor.