In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For:

EXAMPLE In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: EXAMPLE He discovered a continent previously unknown to Europe. Christopher Columbus He wanted to find a sea route to Asia. Spain

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: Explored Canada and claimed it for England John Cabot He wanted to find a shorter route to “Asia” than Columbus had (a Northwest passage). England

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: Explored the coast of South America. From his writings, his name was taken for the name of the new world:” America” Amerigo Vespucci He wanted to find a sea route to Asia. Spain & Portugal

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: Explored Panama and became the first European to see the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Founded the first European settlement in South America Vasco Nuñez de Balboa searched for treasures (pearls and gold Spain

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: Explored Florida and Puerto Rico. Discovered the existence of the Gulf Stream. Ponce de Leon He wanted to find the “Fountain of Youth” and other riches. Spain

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: He accomplished this but died before his expedition became the first to sail around the world. Ferdinand Magellan Spain He wanted to find a sea route to Asia.

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: overthrew the Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain Hernán Cortés looked for gold, silver, and other treasure Spain

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: “Discovered" the Incan empire and conquered it brutally and quickly, stealing immense hoards of gold, silver, and other treasures. Francisco Pizarro To conquer a rich empire rumored to be some where south of Panama Spain

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: Explored the coast of Canada and the St Lawrence River. Jacques Cartier looked for a Northwest passage to Asia France

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: Explored the southern USA from Florida to Texas. “Discovered” the Mississippi River. Hernando de Soto looked for gold, silver, and other treasure Spain

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: Searched for a wealthy “city of gold”. Explored southwestern US from Arizona to Kansas. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado Spain

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: He was commissioned by Queen Elizabeth to undertake an expedition against the Spanish along the Pacific coast of the Americas. He accomplished his goal as well as exploring the coast of North America and becoming the second expedition to sail around the world Sir Francis Drake England

Henry Hudson

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: Explored the coast of North America, including the Hudson River, NY Harbor and Chesapeake Bay. Henry Hudson He wanted to find a “Northwest passage to Asia. Holland & England

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: Explored Canada and Northern New York. Established the first permanent French colony Samuel de Champlain looked for a Northwest passage to Asia France

In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in While we view the PowerPoint presentations. What ended up being His greatest achievements What was his original goal? Explorer Name Country he Sailed For: sent by King Louis XIV (14) to travel south from Canada and sail down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. First European to Travel down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. Claimed the area for the France. Rene-Robert de Lasalle France

European Controlled Lands in the New World