click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
explorers
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Marco Polo | italy route to asia, prove other side of world first eurpoen to magndia, kicked started exploration yes |
Christopher Columbus | SPain trade routes to india cape of good hope, first to sail to tip of Asia yes/no |
Vascoda Gama | Portagol trade routes to india, power found all of Africa then to Inida yes |
Ferdinand Megallan | Portagol circle the globe showed world is round, named pacific ocean yes/no |
AMerigo Vespucci | SPain sail to new world, find& map new lands yes |
Vaso nunez de balboa | spain wanted gold,slaves,fame, cross hymns of pananma yes/no |
Hernan Cortez | spain wealth,fame, land conquered the aztec empire yes/no |
John Cabot | england shorter route to asia, wealth fame landed in canada, claim land for england yes/no |
Fransico Pizzaro | Spain wealth,fame,land, spread Christianity conquered peru and founded capoitol lima yes/no |
Juan Pn de Leon | spain find foundation of youth dearched for it in florida yes/no |
Samuel de Champlain | France wealth,fame,land, northwest passage wanted to live with the settlement quebec in canada yes |
Hernando de soto | spain explore new world for gold,northwest passage explored mississippi area yes/no |
Henry Hudson | england/dutch northwest passage started nyc, river and bay named after him yes/no |
Fansico Coronado | Spain wealth and fame, 7 cities of gold search sw USA, 7 cites of gold yes/no |
Sir Fransis Drake | England search nw passage, expand trade,establish settlement claimed land for england(oregon), raided spanish settlements |