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| 6130293326 | Leif Erikson | dates of exploration: 1000 CE, sailed off course on his way to Greenland and landed in North America. Started a small settlement which he named Vinland because of the abundance of vines and grapes nationality: born in Iceland, raised in Greenland achievements: first known European to have discovered North America motives: motivated by timber, a valuable and scarce commodity in Greenland. Bjarni Herjolfsen, a trader and explorer, gave accounts of timber along the coasts that ______ went after | 0 | |
| 6130331724 | Francisco Vazquez de Coronado | dates of exploration: led a major Spanish expedition up Mexico's western coast in 1540; also traveled to "Seven Golden Cities of Cibola" achievements: governor of province in New Spain motives: in the search for riches (gold) | 1 | |
| 6130545319 | Francisco Pizarro | dates of exploration: 1526-1540 achievements: "discovered" the Incan empire, allocated lands and labor rights to his troops on his own authority, founded the city of Lima, and acquired wealth through kidnapping, ransom, and murder. motives: searched for gold | 2 | |
| 6130669654 | Christopher Columbus | dates of exploration: 1492, only successful voyage, discovering the Americas for Spain while in search for a western route for Asia. achievements: best known for being the first European explorer to find the Americas (though Leif Erikson is really the first); helped established Spanish settlements in the New World motives: wanted to find a route west to Asian Markets, though it would be profitable (gold) Spain wanted to be known as the 1st country to find a western route to Asia and then the 1st country to inhabit the New World (glory) helped introduced Christian faith to the Americas (God) | 3 | |
| 6130689834 | Hernando de Soto | dates of exploration: 1514-1542 achievements: made second in command on Pizarro's exploration and conquest of Peru; De Soto and his men explored Southeastern United States and discovered the Mississippi River motives: gold - when he heard of the riches of North America, he became restless and organized an expedition glory - wanted to conquer Florida for the Spanish crown | 4 | |
| 6130807794 | Hernán Cortés | dates of exploration: Cuba (1511-1519), Conquest of Mexico (1519-1521) achievements: brought Mexico under Spanish rule and caused the fall of the Aztec empire when he destroyed Tenochtitlan; the first Governor of New Spain after he took control of the new territory he found motive: gold - rumored great wealth and gold the Aztecs had control of | 5 | |
| 6130902149 | Amerigo Vespucci | dates of exploration: 1497-1501 achievements: discovered Rio de Janiero and Rio de Plata motive: glory - once said that he did this to "leave some fame behind me before I die." | 6 | |
| 6130923145 | Juan Ponce De León | dates of exploration: 1513 - set out to discover islands of Bimini; discovered Florida achievements: founded Florida, first conquistador to be knighted, governor of Puerto Rico motive: gold and glory | 7 | |
| 6130935230 | Vasco de Balboa | dates of exploration: 1510 achievements: creating the first permanent European settlement on the mainland of the Americas; first explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean from the New World; founded the settlement of Santa María la Antigua de Darién, located in Panama in 1510 | 8 | |
| 6130964668 | Ferdinand Magellan | dates of exploration: 1519 to 1522 nationality: Portuguese but sailed with Spain when unable to gain approval from the Portuguese King achievements: communicated with East Asian peoples through the Indian Ocean and obtain spices; complete the first circumnavigation in world history motives: to find a path going West to Eastern Asia to provide an advantage when trading for goods in this region (glory) | 9 | |
| 6130981922 | Duarte Barbosa | dates of exploration: 1519 - sailed from Seville on Magellan's voyage of circumnavigation nationality: Portuguese achievements: "Book of Duarte Barbosa" is one of the earliest examples of Portuguese travel literature written shortly after his arrive in the Indian Ocean; embarked on the first expedition to circumnavigate the world with Ferdinand Magellan motive: glory - he was a writer and wanted to become well known by his writings on Portuguese travel | 10 | |
| 6131006205 | Prince Henry the Navigator | dates of exploration: 1415-1441 nationality: Portuguese achievements: founder of the Atlantic slave trade, set up navigational school for sailors, sponsored Portuguese sails to explore the African coast in an effort to navigate around Africa to Asia motives: God - wanted to convert the heathens and continue the crusade against the Muslims, gold - wanted to boost Portugal's wealth, glory - wanted to find the legendary Kingdom of Prester John | 11 | |
| 6131206369 | Bartolomeu Dias | dates of exploration: 1488 nationality: Portuguese achievements: first explorer to round the southern tip of Africa in 1488 motive: finding trade routes to India for King John II of Portugal | 12 | |
| 6131243810 | Vasco da Gama | dates of exploration: 1497-1499 nationality: Portuguese achievements: rounded the Cape of Good Hope, explored the eastern coast of Africa on route to India, trade India helped open up trade between European and Asian peoples motives: gold - brought back the pepper and cinnamon he had traded for in India to Portugal and made a large profit. | 13 | |
| 6131271677 | John Cabot | dates of exploration: 1497, landed on East coast of America nationality: born in Italy but moved to England achievements: claimed North America for England which set the course for England's rise to power in the 16th and 17th centuries, first European to land in North America since the Vikings motives: searching for a northwest passage to Asia and trying to find more Northern route than Columbus | 14 | |
| 6131294269 | Sir Francis Drake | dates of exploration: circumnavigation of the globe (1577-1580), plymouth to South America (1572-1573), lead an attack on Spanish (1585-1586) nationality: English achievements: circumnavigated the globe in 1577, capture over 20 tons of gold and silver from a mule train, burying much of it motives: gold and silver from the Spanish, glory from circumnavigating the globe | 15 | |
| 6131318579 | Jacques Cartier (Clark) | dates of exploration: 1534-1542 achievements: explored and mapped the St. Lawrence River, allowing easy entrance to mainland North America, gave Canada its name, and paved the way for France to lay claim to, control, and colonized Canada. motives: original intention was to find a western passage to Asia for trade. after discovering St. Lawrence, he mapped a large portion of the region, then told to establish a colony near modern day Quebec, after discovering what he thought was gold and diamonds (gold) | 16 | |
| 6131351287 | Samuel de Champlain | dates of exploration: 1603-1610 nationality: French achievements: established and governed new France and Quebec motives: wanted to explore North America and wanted to establish a fur trading post | 17 | |
| 6131362485 | Giovanni da Verranzzano | dates of exploration: voyage to the Americas (1524), voyage to South America (1527), voyage to France (1528) nationality: Italian motive: was sent to find a sea route to North America from Europe | 18 | |
| 6131387523 | Henry Hudson | dates of exploration: 1607-1611 nationality: English achievements: founded the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait and sailed farther north than anyone before him motives: first two expeditions - wanted to find a northwestern passage to Asia (glory), third and forth expeditions - wanted to find the rumored channel across North America to the Pacific (glory) | 19 | |
| 6131408198 | Zheng He | dates of explorations: 1405-1433 nationality: Chinese achievements: mounted seven massive naval expeditions, commander of the emperor's Treasure fleet, and greatly expanded China's trade motives: wanted to establish trade relationships with various parts of Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and Africa; visited locations to represent and show the "power" of his people, the Chinese | 20 | |
| 6131431031 | Marco Polo | dates of exploration: 1271 - 1295 achievements: provided Europe with its first detailed description of life in East Asia and fought in the Genoan war motives: gold - going to get paid for fulfilling a previous request from Kublai Khan, glory - thought that his travels could be valuable and told stories of them | 21 |
