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First European to reach North America.
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Sailed to the bottom of Africa and found the Cape of Good Hope (Bottom of Africa)
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First trip sailed to North America, across the Atlantic Ocean, believed he had reached Asia.
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His second Voyage to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Traveled to find a sea route that would go northern into Asia.
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First to sail around Africa all the way to India.
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His third Voyage to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Sailed along the coast of South 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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On his way around Africa, he went too wide and ended up in Brazil, South America.
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His fourth Voyage to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean.
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He travels through Central America and is the first European to see the Pacific Ocean (largest ocean on earth.)
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Explored present-day Florida looking for the "Fountain of Youth."
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A conquistador who explored Mexico. Conquered the Aztec.
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First European to circumnavigate the globe.
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Explored on the coast of North America from Nova Scotia to the Carolinas.
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Accompanied by Estevancio (a slave) and others, explored the North American Southwest looking for "7 Cities of Gold."
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A conquistador who explored the Andes Mountains of South America and conquered the Inca Empire.
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Sailed up the St. Lawrence River, hoping to find the Pacific Ocean, but instead found a mountain that he named Mont-Royal.
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Explored Florida and North Carolina. Discovered the Mississippi River.
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In North American Southwest, looking for cities of gold, discovered the Grand Canyon (in Arizona.)
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He explores up from Mexico and goes into modern day California.
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Discovered a River that he named after himself, and sailed to Albany, New York, but turned back knowing he had not found a way to India.
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Discovered a bay which he named after himself, but thought it was the Pacific Ocean. After looking for a passage for too long, his crew sent him into a boat never to be seen again.
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Traveled by canoe up the Mississippi River hoping to find the Northwest passage and precious stones, but turned back after realizing they had gone the wrong way. Discovered the Mississippi River flowed down to the Gulf of Mexico instead of into the Pacific Ocean.
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Claimed the region of land he explored from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico for France and named it Louisiana after Louis XIV.
