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John Cabot
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Sir Francis Drake
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Jacques Cartier
Samuel de Champlain
Giovanni
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de Leon
Amerigo Vespucci
Francisco Pizarro
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Spain
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Prince Henry
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Ferdinand
Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Pedro
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England
Time Period: Tudor Period 1485-1603
Ruler: Henry VII, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I
Motivation: To find the Northwest passage to Asia for
trade and become wealthy like Spain
Explorers: John Cabot, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Francis
Drake, Henry Hudson
Discoveries/places: Parts of North America (Canada and
the United States
Benefits: Set up future colonies; expansion of ideas and
beliefs
Time Period: 1515 – 1699
France
Ruler: Francis I; Henry II; Charles IX; Henry III; Anna the
Jagiellonian and Stephen Bathory
Motivation: Spread Christianity; New trade route to Asia;
Not fall behind other European countries (last to
explore; capture of Spanish ship).
Explorers: Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, Giovanni
da Verranzano
Discoveries/places: Parts of North America (Canada and
the United States
Benefits: Colonies and territories in Canada and Central
North America
Time Period: 1415 – 1542
Portugal
Ruler: Henry the Navigator; Fernando I; Eleanor of Viseu
Motivation: Economic Strength; military dominance;
cheaper trade route west into Asia
Explorers: Prince Henry the Navigator, Ferdinand
Magellan, Vasco da Gama, Pedro Alvares Cabral
Discoveries/places: Brazil; Africa (Sub-Saharian); A lot of
lower Asia
Benefits: New trading outposts along Africa’s coast; profit
for further exploration
Time Period: Early 1400’s – late 1600’s
Spain
Ruler: Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon
Motivation: Easier route for trading; Wealth; Spread of
Christianity “For God, King and Country”
Explorers: Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Christopher Columbus,
Juan Ponce de Leon, Amerigo Vespucci, Francisco Pizarro
Discoveries/places: North and South America (except
Brazil); Cuba and the Caribbean
Benefits: Colonies and trading partners with “The New
World”; Military strengthen through gain in resources
Treaty of Tordesillas
Spain and Portugal were the first countries to make a push for exploration.
They divided up the world to keep the piece amongst themselves and
boundaries were formed by the Treaty of Tordesillas