GETTING TO KNOW AN EXPLORER

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• Financed by Spain
• Sought to sail across the Atlantic to reach India
• Believed to have landed in the the Bahamas
• Began his voyage on August 3, 1492
• Landed in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492

BARTOLOMEU DIAS

• Portugues explorer
• Discovered the route to the tip of Africa
• Voyaged during 1487

VASCO DE GAMA

• Portuguese explorer
• Continued to push around the tip of Africa
• Reached the port of Calicut on SW coast of Africa
• Voyaged during 1498

GIOVANNI DA VERRAZZANO

• Italian explorer
• Discovered what is now known as New York Harbor
• Discovered it in 1525

JACQUES CARTIER

• Sailed for France
• Discovered the St. Lawrence River and Mont Royal
• Voyaged in 1535

SAMUEL DE CHAPLAIN

• French sailor
• Explored North America in 1603
• Discovered and claimed Quebec
• Became the New France

JACQUES MARQUETTE AND LOUIS JOLIET

• French explorers
• Explored the upper Mississippi River and the Great Lakes
• Began their voyage on May 17, 1673

SIEUR DE LA SALLE

• French explorer
• Explored the lower half of the Mississippi River
• Voyaged during 1683
• Claimed the entire river valley for France

HENRY HUDSON

• English explorer
• Explored three waterways that were named after him
• Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and Hudson Strait
• Sailed during 1609

FERDINAN MAGELLAN

• Portuguese explorer
• Organized the first circumnavigation of the Earth
• Voyage lasted from 1519–1522