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Juan Ponce
de León
Hernán
(Hernando)
Cortés
Francisco
Vásquez de
Coronado
Francisco
Pizarro
Hernando de
Soto
Giovanni da
Verrazano
Jacques
Cartier
Henry
Hudson
Spain
He wanted to find the Fountain of
Youth. CURIOSITY
He landed in Florida and was
the first Spanish explorer to
set foot on land that became
a part of the United States.
Spain
He wanted to find Aztec gold.
WEALTH
He conquered the Aztec
Empire. He claimed land
(Mexico) for Spain.
Spain
He claimed lands in the
He wanted to find gold and the
golden city in the southwestern U.S. southwestern United States
for Spain. (He did not find the
WEALTH
golden city.)
Spain
He wanted to explore the Indian
lands (Peru) and find wealth.
WEALTH
He conquered the Incas of
Peru. He was made governor
of the land. He claimed land
for Spain.
Spain
He wanted to claim land for Spain.
NATIONAL PRIDE
He explored the southeastern
United States. He was the
first European to see the
Mississippi River.
France
He wanted to find a NW Passage (a He was the 1st European to
waterway through North America sail into the New York Harbor.
that connected the Atlantic and
He got a bridge named after
him.
Pacific Oceans.)
BETTER TRADE ROUTES
France
He wanted to find a NW Passage (a
waterway through North America
that connected the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans.)
BETTER TRADE ROUTES
He claimed land (present-day
Canada – along the St.
Lawrence to Montreal) for
France.
He wanted to find a NW Passage (a
Netherlands waterway through North America
that connected the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans.)
England
BETTER TRADE ROUTES
He claimed the New York Harbor
(Hudson River) for the
Netherlands.
He claimed land for England. He
claimed the Hudson Bay (in
Canada) for England.
Prince Henry
Portugal
He realized that by controlling the
trade routes, Portugal would then
have access to the foreign goods and
would get rich.
WEALTH and FOREIGN GOODS
He established a school of
navigation, ship building, and
map making
He showed you could sail
Christopher
Columbus
Spain
He wanted to convert the Natives to
west across the ocean. He
Christianity. RELIGION
landed in the Caribbean
He wanted to find a sea route to the Islands; before then, this area
was unknown. He opened up
Indies by sailing west. BETTER
North and South America to
TRADE ROUTES
European exploration.
John Cabot
England
He wanted to claim land for
England. NATIONAL PRIDE
He wanted to find a sea route to the
Indies by sailing west. BETTER
TRADE ROUTES
Amerigo
Vespucci
Spain &
Portugal
He wanted to find out if Columbus
and Cabot had really found Asia.
These new lands (the
Americas) were named after
him.
Spain
He had heard about this huge ocean
and wanted to see what was on the
other side of the land. CURIOSITY
He was the 1st European to
see the eastern coast of the
Pacific Ocean.
Spain
He wanted to find a western route
to Asia by going around South
America and traveling across the
Pacific Ocean. BETTER TRADE
ROUTES
Vasco Nunez
de Balboa
Ferdinand
Magellan
He landed in Newfoundland,
Canada. He claimed this land
for England.
His crew was the 1st to
circumnavigate the world by
going around South America.