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Landed off the coast of modern day Canada because a storm blew his ship off course
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Sailed to the bottom of Africa and found the Cape of Good Hope
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Sailed across the Atlantic and thought he reached Asia even though it was the Americas.
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Sailed across the Atlantic and thought he reached Asia even though it was the Americas.
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1st to sail around Africa all the way to Asia
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Went to find a Northwest passage through the Americas.
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Sailed across the Atlantic and thought he reached Asia even though it was the Americas.
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Sailed along the coast of S. America. He took such good notes about the coast that mapmakers were convinced this was not Asia and named the new land "America" in his honor.
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Tried to do what Vasco Da Gama did but swooped too far to Brazil.
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Sailed across the Atlantic for the 4th time and thought he reached Asia even though it was the Americas.
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Travels through Central America and is the first European to look at the Pacific Ocean, also known as the largest ocean on the Earth.
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Explored present day Florida trying to find the "fountain of youth."
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A conquistador who explored Mexico in 1519. Conquered the Aztec.
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First European to circumnavigate the globe.
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Sailed from Nova Scotia to the Carolinas trying to find the Northwest Passage.
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Accompanied by Estevanico and others, explored the North American Southwest looking for the 7 cities of gold.
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Explored the Andes mountains of South America and conquered the Inca Empire.
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Found a mountain and named it Mont-Royal
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Explored Florida and North Carolina discovered Mississippi River.
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Looking for the cities of gold but instead found the Grand Canyon.
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He explorers up from Mexico and goes into modern day California.
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Found and named the Hudson River after himself.
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Found and named the Hudson Bay after himself
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Traveled the Mississippi River trying to find precious metals and the Northwest Passage but instead found that the river leads out to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Followed the Mississippi River and claimed modern day Louisiana for France and named it after King Louis XIV.
