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First voyage west took place during this year
1492
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Spanish explorers in search of gold and riches.
Conquistadors
100
France sponsored this explorer to find the Northwest Passage through North America to Asia.
Jacques Cartier
100
His crew mutinied against him and left him for dead in the middle of a bay that was later named for him.
Henry Hudson
100
Group of Europeans who reached North America about 500 years before Columbus
The Vikings
200
The primary reason for his voyage
To find a more direct route to Asia
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Spanish explorer who started a settlement in St. Augustine, Florida.
Juan Ponce de Leon
200
Cartier found and named this body of water in Canada.
St. Lawrence River
200
The three main countries that sent the most explorers to the "new world".
Spain, France, and England
200
Wrote a book about his travels to Asia, inspiring future exploration.
Marco Polo
300
First landed here
San Salvador
300
Reason for Ponce de Leon's travels to the "new world".
He was looking for the "Fountain of Youth".
300
Explored for England, looked for the Northwest Passage, landed in Canada and New Foundland
John Cabot
300
Largest reason why many Native Americans died as a result of Europeans coming to America.
Exposure to new diseases brought to America by the Europeans.
300
Settlement in Florida started by Ponce de Leon
St. Augustine
400
Where Columbus believed he landed
Asia
400
Found the Pacific Ocean while on the Isthmus of Panama
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
400
The main reason France and England sent explorers.
To find the Northwest Passage through North America to Asia.
400
What Spanish explorers wanted more than anything else.
Gold and riches
400
Proved Columbus and Cabot wrong by sailing down the coast of South America. Later having the "new world" named after him.
Amerigo Vespucci
500
Country that sponsored Columbus' voyage westward across the Atlantic Ocean
Spain
500
This group of people were a problem for both Ponce de Leon and Balboa while they were trying to settle new areas in the Americas.
Native Americans
500
Explored for both the English and the Dutch, looking for the Northwest Passage through North America to Asia.
Henry Hudson
500
The water route Hudson, Cartier, and Cabot were searching for in North America.
Northwest Passage
500
Why did so many European nations want to find the "Northwest Passage"
Whoever controlled the Northwest Passage would control trade routes between Asia and Europe.