1. 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:

2. 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

4. In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in
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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

6. In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in
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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

8. In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in
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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

10. In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in
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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

12. In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in
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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.

14. In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in
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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

16. In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in
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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

18. In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in
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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

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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

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

24. In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in
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What ended up being
His greatest achievements
What was his
original goal?
Explorer Name
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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

25. Henry Hudson

26. In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in
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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

28. In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in
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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

30. In your notebook, create the following chart and fill it in
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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

31. European Controlled Lands in the New World