7366878917 | Prince Henry "the navigator" of Portugal | Helped organize/finance voyages for Portugal Possible that Portugal got to America before CC | 0 | |
7366886251 | Bartolomeu Dias | First European to sail to Cape of Good Hope, voyage lasted 16 months | 1 | |
7366891633 | CC | Four trips 1492 | 2 | |
7366896549 | John Cabot | Second European to hit North America in 1497 | 3 | |
7366902219 | Amerigo Vespucci | Sailed to America twice Supposed to be the first to realize America was a landmass 1507 made by German Martin Waldseemuller | 4 | |
7366913906 | Juan Ponce de Leon | First European to set foot in Florida in 1513 | 5 | |
7366920313 | Vasco de Balboa | First European to see eastern portion of Pacific Ocean First to claim ocean and all land it touched for Spain | 6 | |
7366927189 | Ferdinand Magellan | First to sail around the world | 7 | |
7366932122 | Giovanni de Verrazano | First European to sail in New York harbor | 8 | |
7366936582 | Francisco Pizarro | Conquered Inca Empire | 9 | |
7366939710 | Jacques Carter | Named land "Kanata," which means village in Huron-Iroquois | 10 | |
7366946178 | Hernando de Soto | First European to explore Southeast, parts of nine current states, 600 men | 11 | |
7366953334 | Francisco Vasquez de Coronado | First European explorer to explore Southwest Searched in vain for "Seven Cities of Gold" | 12 | |
7366960805 | Samuel de Champlain | Was known as "Father of New France" First European to explore and describe Great Lakes | 13 | |
7366967219 | Harry Hudson | Explored parts of Arctic Ocean and North America Hudson River/Strait/Bay | 14 | |
7366974413 | Robert Cavalier de La Salle | First European to sail down entire Mississippi River Named entire region "Louisiana" in honor of King | 15 | |
7366986561 | Louis Joliet & Father Marquette | Explored Great Lakes & Mississippi River | 16 |
AP US History: Chapter 1 Flashcards
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