LOTUS'S EUROPEAN EXPLORERS

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• one of the 1st explorers to be sponsored by Spain
• wanted to find gold and shorter routes to other places
• NO maps and fears
• accomplished naming 4 states/people
• known for finding the Americas

JOHN CABOT

• sailed for England
• wanted to find a shorter route to Asia
• bad weather,dissention,and disagreements with crew
• found land and fishing opportunituies
• lost and never heard from again

HENRY HUDSON

• sponsored by England
• wanted to find a shorter trade route to Asia
• bad weather,disagreements with crew,NO maps
• managed to cross Atlantic Ocean
• put in a rowboat and never heard from again

JUAN PONCE DE LEON

• crew member of Christopher Columbus
• wanted to find the Fountain of Youth and riches
• conquered Puerto Rico and found gold
• struck with an arrow during a fight with the Natives
• one of the most interesting explorers

VASCO NUNEZ BALBOA

• Sponsored by Spain
• Wanted to find a land route to the Pacific Ocean and riches
• Found a land route to the Pacific Ocean,and also claimed land
• 1st European to see the Eastern Pacific

JACQES CARTIER

• Sponsored by France
• Wanted to find riches and a shorter route to Asia
• Met the Huron
• Ill crew and dissagreements with the Huron people
• Gave Canada its name and found the St. Lawrence River