Explorers: A Historical Overview PDF

**Explorer** Rene LaSalle Born 1643 France Great Lakes & Mississippi To gain new territories for Louis XIV. Explorer Fernaõ Magalhães Portuguese Explorer Workes for spain Died in philippines 1521 Circumbavigation of the world Amerigo Vespucci 1451-1512 Italian Worked for spain and por...

**Explorer** Rene LaSalle Born 1643 France Great Lakes & Mississippi To gain new territories for Louis XIV. Explorer Fernaõ Magalhães Portuguese Explorer Workes for spain Died in philippines 1521 Circumbavigation of the world Amerigo Vespucci 1451-1512 Italian Worked for spain and portugal Explored todays brazil New world named after him Explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano Born 1485, Italy Died 1528 (42-43), gradeloupe-killed and eaten by Caribs He\'s known as the first European to explore the Atlantic Coast of North America bw Florida and New Brunswick in 1524 including New York Bay and Narragansett Bay Worked for French ppl Trade route to Asia Explorer Jacques Carter Born 1491 December 31 Saint-Malo Died 1557 September 1 Saint-Malo (in typhus) French explorer Explored the St.Lawrence River and gave Canada its name He made three major voyages New route to Asia Explorer Henry Hudson Born around 1565 in England He disappeared in June 1611 4 voyages of which 2 were successful 1609 he embarked on a third voyage founded by the Dutch East India Company Most famous exploration the present-day Canada and parts by the Northeastern United States, New York Hudson Bay Explorer Samuel de Champlain 1562 - 1635 Québec City 21-29 trips across the Atlantic Ocean Québec City,New France 3rd July 1608 Served as a governor of New France Examined waterways, Junipero Sirra now Saint Spain 1713-1784 Baja california Founded San Francisco Missionary Vasco Balboa 1475,Spain-1519 executed First South American settlement at Darién 1513 he sighted the pacific ocean Istnmus of Panama  canal Conquistador Sir Francis Drake 1540-1596 English explorer Circumbavigaton of the world 1577-1580 1st English, 3rd overall English slaving voyages Spanish Armada Elizabeth I knighted him 1581 Hernan cortes 1458-1547 Claiming Mexico on behalf of Spain 3rd expedition to the mainland- he partly founded it 1541 reutrn to spain Led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire Hernando de Soto Spanish 1500-1542 Conquesrs parts of Central america and Peru Conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon 1474-1521 Spanish (born in Castille) Conquistador Known for leading the first official European expedition to: -Puerto Rico in 1508-became the first governor there -Florida in 1513-he named this place Leif Eriksson Viking Lived in 10th century Thought to have been the first European to set foot on continental America Erik the Red Adventurer Establishment of Vinland Hernando de Soto Spanish explorer Central America & Peru Conquistador