What is they didn't find the Northwest Passage and Cabot went down with his ship off the coast of Newfoundland.
100
Hudson was looking for...
What is the Northwest Passage
100
Cartier's claim to fame...
What is claimed Canada (Newfoundland) for France
200
When Cortes first sailed
What is 1519
200
The country Columbus sailed for
What is Spain
200
Hudson and his crew's hardships at sea...
What is Hudson's crew mutinied when he wanted to keep traveling. He was never heard from again.
200
Vespucci's BIG discovery...
He figured out we was NOT in Asia! Vespucci realized how big the Americas were and recorded it- calling for new maps! The mapmaker (cartographer) named the new lands after him!
200
Cortes's claim to fame...
What is he claimed land in North America for Spain (Mexico) and found gold! Because of the gold he found, Spain became the most powerful nation in Europe $$$$
300
When Henry Hudson first set sail
What is 1607
300
The country/countries Amerigo Vespucci sailed for...
What is Spain and Portugal
300
Cartier and his crew's hardships at sea...
What is winter weather prevented him from returning to France- had to stay in Canada, and many sailors died of scurvy---> lack of vitamin C
300
Columbus and his crew discovered...
What is Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Cuba ---> Called the "New World"
300
Columbus's claim to fame
What is he started a new trend in exploration. Led many other to explore, too!
400
When Cartier first sailed
What is 1534
400
The country/countries Hudson sailed for
What is England and Holland
400
Columbus and his crew's hardships at sea
What is Columbus thought Asia was much closer than it actually is!
400
Cartier established/founded...
What is city of Quebec and Montreal (New France)
400
Hudson's claim to fame...
What is he claimed land for Holland in North America! (New York- Hudson Bay, Hudson River)
500
When John Cabot first sailed
What is 1497
500
The country Cartier sailed for...
What is France
500
Cortes and his crew's hardships...
What is took 2 years to conquer the Aztecs. Aztecs and Cortes's men fought a difficult "war."
500
Cabot discovered this off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada...
What is rich cod fishing grounds
500
John Cabot's claim to fame...
What is Cabot claimed land in North America for England which led to the founding of the 13 colonies