AP World History Explorers Flashcards
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| 5967673636 | Leif Erikson | -999 -sailed for Norway -first European to set foot on North America (Vinland) | 0 | |
| 5967673637 | Marco Polo | -1271-1294 -sailed for Italy -journey on silk road, traded and collected jewels, travels were written down | 1 | |
| 5967673638 | Bartolomeu Dias | -1487 -sailed for Portugal -sailed down to Cape of Good Hope "cape of bad storms" and accidentally discovered Cape of Good Hope because of storm | 2 | |
| 5967673639 | Christopher Colombus | -1492-1493 -4 voyages -sailed for spain -established first permanent settlement in NA | 3 | |
| 5967673640 | Amerigo Vespucci | -1497, 1499, 1501, 1503, 1507 -sailed for Spain/Portugal -found Venezuela, explored Brazil, discovered Rio De Janeiro, America was named after him | 4 | |
| 5967673641 | John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) | -1497 -sailed for England -claimed land in Canada (thought it was Asia), second voyage failed he went MIA, he got glory from King because claiming land helped England rise to power | 5 | |
| 5967673642 | Vasco Da Gama | -1498 -sailed for Portugal -first person to make it to India by going around the tip of Africa | 6 | |
| 5967673643 | Vasco De Balboa | -1510, 1514 -sailed for Spain -known for establishing establishments in SA -crossed Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean | 7 | |
| 5967673644 | Juan Ponce De Leon | -1493-1521 -sailed for Spain -explored FL, then traveled to new world -1506 discovered Puerto Rico | 8 | |
| 5967673645 | Ferdinand Magellan | -1519-1522 -sailed for Spain -led the first circumnavigation of the earth -his crew was eaten by cannibalistic tribes | 9 | |
| 5967673646 | Hernando Cortes | -1504, 1519-1521 -Sailed for spain -conquered Aztecs in 1521 and claimed significant portions of Mexico for the Spanish empire | 10 | |
| 5967673647 | Giovanni De Verrazzano | -1524, 1528 -sailed for France -found the Bay of NY -crew was eaten by cannibalistic tribes | 11 | |
| 5967673648 | Francisco Pizzarro | -1513-1514, 1532 -sailed for Spain -conquered Incans, mayor of Panama -founded Lima, Peru -made lots of $ off of Silver | 12 | |
| 5967673649 | Jasques Cartier | -1534 -sailed for France -founded Newfoundland | 13 | |
| 5967673650 | Hernando De Soto | -1539-1541 -sailed for Spain -explored much of South East FL, discovers mouth of Mississippi River, got lost and may have come to Pcola | 14 | |
| 5967673651 | Francisco Vasquez De Coronado | -1540-1542 -sailed for Spain -first Spaniard to explore north region of Mexico , discovered Grand Canyon | 15 | |
| 5967673652 | Tristan De Luna y Arellano | -1559 -sailed for Spain -credited to have America's first settlement- purpose was to establish port | 16 | |
| 5967673653 | Sir Francis Drake | -1578 -sailed for England -circumnavigated globe (landed in California) and defeated Spanish army | 17 | |
| 5967673654 | Samuel De Champlain | -1603-1615 -sailed for France -established government in Quebec, mapped Great Lakes, founder of New France, established fur trade | 18 | |
| 5967673655 | Zheng He | -1405-1433 -sailed for China -only Chinese explorer, went to SE Asia & African coast to establish Chinese presence | 19 |