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Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, hoping to find a route to India
Santa Maria
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Juan Sebastián Elcano (1486-1526) was a Spanish explorer and first to circumnavigate the world. He did this six times
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John Cabot (about 1450-1499) was an Italian-born English explorer and navigator. In Italy, he is known as Giovanni Caboto
At the request of King Henry VII of England, Cabot sailed to Canada in 1497, commanding the small ship called "Matthew." -
Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) was a Portuguese explorer who discovered an ocean route from Portugal to the East.
Da Gama was born to a noble family in Sines, Portugal. Da Gama's father Estavao was also an explorer. He was to have made a sea voyage from Portugal to India that eventually made his son famous
but the older da Gama died before completing the journey.
sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, on July 8, 1497, heading to the East.
many people thought that da Gama's trip was impossible -
Sailed to Africa
King John II was the King
Died at sea in May 29 1500 -
Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition that sailed around the Earth (1519-1522). Magellan also named the Pacific Ocean (the name means that it is a calm, peaceful ocean).
He sailed for his native Portugal, but a dispute with the Portuguese King Manoel II turned him against the Portuguese. Thereafter, he sailed for Spain.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean
They searched for treasures like (gold etc.)
Balboa married the daughter of Careta, the local Indian chief
Balboa was charged with treason against Spain (although he was innocent and had been framed by a friend, Arias de Avila). Francisco Pizarro arrested Balboa. Balboa was found guilty and was publicly beheaded in Acla in January, 1519. -
Starting on May 10 of that year, he explored parts of Newfoundland
Jacques Cartier left his main ships in a harbour close to Stadacona, and used his smallest ship to continue up-river and visit Hochelaga -
Henry Hudson (1565-1611) was an English explorer and navigator who explored parts of the Arctic Ocean and northeastern North America. Hudson was then hired by the Dutch East India Company in 1609, to try to find the Northwest Passage farther south. On this trip in a ship called the Half Moon, Hudson sailed to Nova Scotia, and then sailed south
