Year
The year Balboa sailed.
1513
Sponsored by France.
Cartier
Obstacle for Columbus.
No maps or Sponsor.
This explorer was not kind to the Native Americans.
Balboa
Year Cartier sailed.
1534
The year Hudson sailed.
1609
Sponsored by Spain and was first to sail.
Columbus
Obstacle for Cartier.
Native Americans and Diseases.
European explorers introduce this to Native Americans, killing many of them.
Diseases.
Obstacle for Cabot.
No maps.
The year Cabot sailed.
1497
Sponsored by Spain and was inspired by Columbus.
Balboa
Obstacle for De Soto.
Native Americans
Explorers fought with them and often took them as slaves.
Native Americans.
Sponsor for Hudson.
England
The year Columbus sailed.
1492
Sponsored by England and found Canada.
Cabot
Obstacles for Balboa.
Dangerous route and Native Americans.
This explorer started the fur trade with the Native American.
Cartier
The 3 G's
God, Gold, and Glory
The year De Soto sailed.
1539
Sponsored by Spain and explored what is now Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.
De Soto
Obstacles for Hudson.
Dangerous route.
One type of disease that Native Americans died from.
Small Pox
Why early explorers sailed.
The find a route to Asia.