Early World Explorers
A famous Norse explorer who is credited for being the first European to set food on American soil.
Who is Leif Erikson?
An Italian explorer who sailed for Spain and his voyages are celebrated as the discovery of the Americas from a European perspective. His three ships landed in the West Indies islands.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
A navigator who explored Canada and parts of Northeastern U.S. He sailed for the Dutch East India Company and explored what is present day New York . On his ship, Half Moon, he sailed up the Hudson River and founded the area for the Dutch.
Who is Henry Hudson?
An Italian explorer who recorded his 24 years-long travels in the Book of the Marvels of the World introducing Europeans to Central Asia and China as he traveled the Silk Road.
Who is Marco Polo?
An Italian navigator who was the first European that sailed along to North American coast in 1497 since the Norse 500 years prior.
Who is John Cabot?
A French explorer who was the first to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
The first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, finding the eastern sea route to the Indian Ocean.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
An Italian navigator who made several trips to the New World. He is known for convincing the Europeans that the New World is not Asia, but an entirely new unknown continent. This new continent was soon named after him, America.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
An English explorer who is best known for making the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition.
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
An Italian navigator who was the first European that sailed along the North American coast in 1497 since the Norse 500 years prior.
Who is John Cabot?
An Italian explorer who led expeditions for King Francis I of France. He is known as the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between Florida and New Brunswick in 1524.
Who is Giovanni da Verrazzano?
Famous Portuguese explorer who sailed to India in 1497-98. he accomplished finding a sea route to Asia which Europeans had been attempting to do for decades prior.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
The son of explorer John Cabot. He conducted his own voyages of discovery, charting the Eastern American seaboard and seeking the Northwest Passage on behalf of England.
Who is Sebastian Cabot?