1. Age of Exploration- The “New World”

2. Leif Ericson-1000 Viking First European to visit the New World His father made the first colonies in Greenland

3. Christopher Columbus- 1492 Italian Sent by the King and Queen of Spain to find a new trade route to India Landed in islands in present-day Cuba Misnamed the people “Indians” because he thought he was in India Ushered in the “Age of Exploration”

4. Ponce de Leon- 1508 Spanish Originally sailed with Columbus on the first expedition to the New World Sailed around the southern tip of Florida and the West Indies Became governor of a colony

5. Vasco de Balboa- 1513 Spanish Lead the first expedition across the Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic Ocean

6. Ferdinand Magellan- 1522 Portugese Sent by Spain First successful circumnavigation around the globe (sailed all the way around)

7. Jacques Cartier- 1534 French Explored land in Canada

8. Fransisco Vasquez de Coronado- 1535 Spanish Explored New Mexico and southwestern United States

9. Henry Hudson- 1611 English Went on several expeditions- explored what is now known as the Hudson River, Hudson Straight, and Hudson Bay looking for the Northwest Passage (body of water leading from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean) His crew mutinied when they got stuck in the Hudson Bay and sent him off