Chapter 2 - Explorers : Chapter 2 - Explorers
Leif Ericson : Leif Ericson The Viking explorer who named the land he found Vinland.
Amerigo Vespucci : Amerigo Vespucci The navigator who realized that Columbus had found a New World not Asia.
John Cabot : John Cabot The first English explorer to sail to North America. He disappeared on his second journey.
Sir Francis Drake : Sir Francis Drake The first English explorer to sail around the world. He was also a pirate.
Henry Hudson : Henry Hudson An explorer whose men revolted and set him adrift in a small boat.
Hernan Cortes : Hernan Cortes The Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico.
Ferdinand Magellan : Ferdinand Magellan The Spanish explorer who sailed around the world.
Fransisco Pizarro : Fransisco Pizarro The Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in Peru.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa : Vasco Nunez de Balboa The first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the New World
Hernando De Soto : Hernando De Soto The Spanish explorer who explored the American Southeast. He crossed the Mississippi River.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado : Francisco Vasquez de Coronado The Spanish explorer who explored the American Southwest and saw the Grand Canyon
Juan Ponce de Leon : Juan Ponce de Leon The Spanish explorer who looked for the Fountain of Youth in Florida.
Jaques Cartier : Jaques Cartier The French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence River and founded Mont Real.
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet : Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet French explorers who found out that the Mississippi River flowed south.
Samuel de Champlain : Samuel de Champlain The French explorer who founded Quebec and discovered three of the Great Lakes.
La Salle : La Salle The French explorer who claimed all of the land drained by the Mississippi River for King Louis of France.