-
Leif Ericsson was a viking who sailed to Iceland, Greenland, and to North America from Scandinavia. He was the first known European to come to North America.
-
Though he never sailed himself he did set up a school for navigation. He arranged voyages and examined what they brought back. Through the voyages he arranged he found a sea route Asia.
-
Bartolomue Dias sailed from Portugal to the tip of Africa, which was called Cape of Good Hope. He didn't want to call it that because of the struggle they went through there. He wanted to call it the Cape of Despair.
-
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who wanted to find a quicker sea route to Asia. He had three ships which were called, Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. He landed in the Americas But still thought it was Asia even when he died.
-
He searched for a passage to the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Canada and Newfoundland.
-
In 1497 Vasco da Gama sailed around Africa all the way to India. He won the European sea route to Asia.
-
He sailed to South America and America was named after him.
-
Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed Central America. By doing this he discovered the Pacific Ocean.
-
He explored what is present day Florida. He was one of the few that where not searching for gold. He was searching for the fountain of youth.
-
He set out for an expedition to circumnavigate the world. He failed to do so though when he died 3/4 of the way around.
-
He a slave and a group of others went searching for the 7 cities of gold. He explored North American Southwest.
-
He wanted to find a route to the Pacific but instead he found Mont-Royal.
-
He explored North Carolina and Florida. He spent three years looking for gold then died from a fever.
-
He explored North America Southwest looking for the 7 cities but instead found the Grand Canyon.
-
He explored the West coast of North America.
-
He claimed the Saint Lawrence River for France.
-
He set sail to find a passage through America. He failed to do so but did discover the Hudson River.
-
He found the Hudson Bay. When he found Hudson Bay he thought he found the Pacific and spent moths searching for an outlet but his crew didn't like the wait. The crew got so impatient that they put Hudson, his son, and a few other sailors in a small boat. The group they put in the small boat was never seen again.
-
He claimed the Mississippi River and everything that touched it.
