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Explored lands west of Greenland.
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Bartolomeu Dias set out from Lisbon with two small caravels and a supply ship. King John sent Dias to explore the southernmost part of Africa. They sailed for days, staying close to the coast of Africa. The expedition eventually met with a bad storm that led it off course. Dias passed a cape on the way back to Portugal, he named it the Cape of Storms but King John renamed it the Cape of Good Hope.
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Christopher Columbus and led 90 sailors into the unknown. On October 12th 1492, Columbus left his ship and went ashore. He then reached North America believing he arrived in the Indies.
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Searched for the passage to the Pacific Ocean along the coat of Canada and Newfoundland. This became the basis of England's claim to North America
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Sailed to the Northern part of South America, he realized South America was a separate continent.
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Vasco De Gama set sail from Portugal with four ships, headed for Africa. His ships were out of sight of land for more than three months.
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Francisco was a conquistador who explored the Andes Mountains of South America and conquered the Inca Empire
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Explored present day Florida, looking for the fountain of youth.
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Hiked through steamy rainforest to find the "great waters". He then found the Pacific Ocean and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
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A conquistador who explored Mexico. Conquered the Aztec.
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He sailed for Spain, reached the southernmost tip of South America, He sailed through the stormy waters of a narrow sea passage, or strait. The strait led him into a calm ocean.
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Explored the North American Southwest with Estevanico(a native slave) and others
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Sailed down the Saint Lawrence river all the way to present day Montreal, claiming lands for France
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Explored Florida and North Carolina
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Explored North American Southwest, Discovered the Great Canyon
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Discovered San Diego Bay while searching the Strait of Anian.
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Began exploring North America establishing the city of Quebec in the northern colony of New France, and mapping the Atlantic coast and the Great Lakes, before settling into an administrative role as the de facto governor of New France.
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Led a dutch expedition to present-day New York. From there the Dutch set up the colony of New Amsterdam.
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Had a second voyage, that went North of Canada. During that winter he was put off the ship and marooned by his crew. We have no idea of what happened to him
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French explorer in North America, who led an expedition down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers and claimed all the region watered by the Mississippi
