1. What were these people looking for and what did they find?
FAMOUS EXPLORERS
What were these people looking for and what did they find?

2. Bartolome Dias
Sent by Portugal in 1488 to explore the coast of Africa and find a way to Indian Ocean
Accomplishment:
Sailed to the southern tip of Africa

3. Christopher Columbus: 1492
Sent by Spain to find a western route to Asia
Landed near the Bahamas thinking he was in Asia and claimed the land for Spain
Reached America accidentally

4. John Cabot- 1497 Sent by England to discover the Northwest Passage
Traveled by sea to Canada and claimed this land for the British

5. Vasco Da Gama- 1498 Sent by Portugal to find a sea route to the East
He was the first European to reach India by the sea route

6. Ferdinand Magellan- 1519 Sent by Spain
Trying to find a water route to Asia
First to circumnavigate the globe
Studied map making and navigation
Proved that the world was round, but died before completing the journey

7. Hernando Cortes- 1521 Sent by Spain
Spanish conquistador who was trying to find riches for Spain
Conquered the Aztecs and Mexico

8. Francisco Pizarro- 1531 Sent by Spain Looking for gold
Conquered the Incas in Peru, South America