Age of Discovery Explorers

250716074	Bartolomeo Diaz	Rounded the Cape of Good Hope for Portugal in 1488.
250716075	Vasco de Gama	Sailed to India and established a trade route there for Portugal in 1498.
250716076	Pedro Cabral	Discovered Brazil for Portugal in 1500.
250716077	Amerigo Vespucci	Explored the South American coast and charted it for Italy in 1499.
250716078	Alphonso de Albuquerque	Established the Portuguese colonial empire in the Indian ocean for Portugal in 1507. He was also the first Governor General.
250716079	Christopher Columbus	Discovered South America (and the New World) for Spain in 1492.
250716080	Vasco Nunez de Balboa	Crossed the isthmus of Panama and became the first explorer to reach the Pacific from the New World for Spain in 1513.
250716081	Hernando Cortez	Conquered the Aztec civilization for Spain in 1519.
250716082	Ferdinand Magellan	First to circumnavigate the globe for Spain around the 1520's.
250716083	Francesco Pizarro	Conquered the Inca civilization for Spain in 1526.
250716084	Francis Xavier	Co-founder of The Society of Jesus and was a missionary in Asia for Spain in 1534.
250716085	Dutch East India Company	An established spice route for the Netherlands in 1602.
250716086	Prince Henry the Navigator	Prince of Portugal, established a navigation school. His mother, who also loved the sea, was inspired by Chaucer, her tutor.
250716087	John Cabot	First European encounter of North America (since the Vikings) for England in 1497.
250716088	Francis Drake	Circumnavigated the globe for England between 1577 and 1580.
250716089	Martin Frobisher	Found a lot of "gold", and explored the Northwest Passage for England in 1588.
250716090	Giovanni Verranzano	First European to encounter the North American east coast (since the Vikings) for France in 1524.
250716091	Jacques Cartier	Claimed Canada (and mapped it) for France in 1534.
250716092	Samuel de Champlain	Founded New France and Quebec City for France in 1608.