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He was a viking sailor who left Scandinavia and landed in present-day Canada. He was the first European in North America.
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Discovered the southern tip of Africa and he called it "Cape of good hopes" he was sponsored by Portugal
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He tried to reach Asia by sailing West across the Atlantic, but he landed in the Americans. He was sponsored by Spain
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He found a sea route to Asia and sailed along the coast of Africa , all the way to India. He was sponsored by Portugal.
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Cabot left Bristol England on the Matthew a fast and able ship weighing 50 tons, with a crew of 18 men. Him and his crew sailed west and north because , he believed that the route to Asia would be shorter from northern Europe than Columbus's Voyage along the trade winds
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He explored the coast of south America and realized it was a separate Continent, Calling it the Americas.
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He left for Spain, he also took a voyage to panama, witch was a base for explorations into south america
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He led the first Known European expedition to La Florida . He ended up landing somewhere along Florida's east coast, then charted the Atlantic coast down to the Florida keys and North along the Gulf coast
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He crossed the Caribbean coasts from the east of panama, along the Colombian coast, through the gulf of Uraba toward Cabo de la Vela . The expedition continued to explore the north east of South America, Until they realized they did not have enough men and sailed to Hispaniola
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He Organised the Spanish expedition to the East indies, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the earth was completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano
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He was a Portuguese navigator who discovered Brazil . In 1500 , he led an expedition to the east indies of the rout pioneered by Vasco da Gama . To avoid contrary winds and currents , he took a west ward course in the Atlantic and touched on the coast of Brazil , witch he claimed for Portugal
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He was a Spanish conquistador or conqueror, best remembered for conquering the Aztec empire, later in time he started to claim Mexico and Spain.
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He was an Italian explorer who charted the Atlantic Coast of North America between the Carolinas and new found land including new York harbor.
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He and some other people traveled threw the american Southwest and ultimately reached mexico city , nearly 8 years after being wrecked on the island
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He sailed on April 20th, with 2 ships and 61 men, and arrived 20 days later. He explored the west coast of Newfoundland, discovered Prince Edward Island and sailed through the Gulf of St. Lawrence , past Anticosti Island.
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He set out for Spain in April, set with 10 ships and 700 men. He landed at Tampa bay in may, during the spring he led his men north through Georgia and west through the Carolinas and Tennessee, guided by Indians whom they captive along the way.
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The Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo discovers Sand Diego Bay While searching for the strait of Anian, A mythical all-water route across north America , in June he departed from the West Coast of mexico and sailed northward to probe the complex broken coastline of the pacific.
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He was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States.
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He made 4 voyages in search of water route to the far East . His first 2 voyages were through Arctic waters and proved to be unsuccessful due to ice . His 3rd and 4th voyages were north America where he discovered and sailed the Hudson River , Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay .
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They both departed from St. Ignace, Michigan with two canoes and five other voyageurs of french Indian ancestry . The group sailed to Green Bay. They then paddled upstream( southward ) on the fox River to the site now Known as portage , Wisconsin .
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He set out for North America with a large contingent of 4 ships and 300 sailors to establish a French colony on the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of the Mississippi River and challenge Spanish rule in Mexico. The expedition encountered problems nearly from the start.
