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EXPLORERS’ CHART Directions: Design a chart in which you can give the following information about explorers: Name, Nationality, Sponsor, Date of Exploration, Goal(s), and Accomplishment(s). Use the following format: NAME NATIONALITY SPONSOR DATE Prince Henry Portuguese Portugal 1460s Bartholomeu Dias Portuguese Portugal 14871488 Vasco da Gama Portuguese Portugal 14971499 Portuguese Portugal 1500 Sailed to reach India 1492 Western route for Spain to Asia Pedro Alvares Cabral GOAL(S) ACCOMPLISHMENT(S) Explore coast of Africa for gold, a Christian kingdom and route to Asia To explore coast of Africa; reach Asia by sea To sail around Africa to Asia Established school to train navigators, etc. led to accomplishment of goal 1493 Christopher Columbus Italian Spain 1498 1502 Amerigo Vespucci Juan Ponce de Leon Italian Spanish Portugal Spain Spain 14991500 1501 To find an all water route to Asia 1508 1513 To explore new lands To search for gold & Fountain of Youth To explore & colonize Fla. To find a rich country near a great sea 15191521 15191522 To explore Mexico and look for gold To reach Asia by sailing west 1513 1521 Vasco Nunez de Balboa Spanish Spain Hernando Cortes Spanish Spain Ferdinand Magellan Portuguese Spain Reached tip of Africa – Cape of Good Hope Reached goal; made Portugal center of trade goods from Asia Reached Brazil; claimed it for Portugal because of Treaty of Tordesilla Reached America; established colony on Haiti Found colony on Haiti destroyed; started 1st permanent European colony – Dominican Republic; explored/claimed Gaudeloupe, Jamaica, Puerto Rico Reached Trinidad & mainland of S. A. (Venezuela) Reached Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama Explored E. coast of S. Am.; 1st to describe Am. as “new world”; realized Columbus had not reached the Indies Explored & conquered Puerto Rico; discovered gold Explored E. & W. coasts of Fla. Wounded and died Claimed the Pacific Ocean for Spain (South Sea); proved that Columbus had not reached Asia Conquered the Aztec Empire Magellan died in Philippines; one ship finished journey – 1st to sail around the world; true size of world known as a result of voyage