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He sailed for . . .
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Accomplishment
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100
The New World was named after him.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
100
Francisco Pizarro conquered the Native American tribe, the Incas, for this country.
What is Spain?
100
He explored the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico.
Who is Rene Robert de LaSalle?
100
Hernando (or Hernan) Cortez cruelly conquered this Native American tribe.
Who are the Aztecs?
100
Christopher Columbus was born in this country although he sailed for both Spain and Portugal.
What is Italy?
200
He explored the Mississippi River and much of what are now the southeastern states of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.
Who is Hernando DeSoto?
200
While deCoronado explored for this country, he discovered the Grand Canyon.
What is Spain?
200
The river that was discovered and explored by Marquette and Jolliet.
What is the Mississippi River?
200
He established a navigation school for sailors in Portugal.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
200
Louis Jolliet's partner in exploration.
Who is Jacques Marquette?
300
The first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
300
Marquette and Jolliet claimed parts of Canada for this country.
What is France?
300
He sailed around the tips of South America and Africa as he circumnavigated the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
300
An Italian credited with discovering America.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
300
This is what Ponce deLeon wanted to find as he explored Florida.
What is the Fountain of Youth?
400
The Hudson River and Hudson Bay were both named after what explorer?
Who is Henry Hudson?
400
Jacques Cartier started a rich fur trade in the New World for what country?
What is France?
400
As Pedro Alvarez Cabral sailed west to reach India, he landed in this present day country and claimed it for Portugal.
What is Brazil?
400
He helped establish St. Augustine, Florida, the first Spanish settlement in North America.
Who is Ponce DeLeon?
400
The name Leif Ericsson gave to the land he discovered in 1000 AD.
What is Vinland?
500
While looking for a northern route to Asia, he became the 2nd European to reach the New World after Christopher Columbus.
Who is John Cabot?
500
Pedro Cabral claimed Brazil for what country?
Who is Portugal?
500
He sailed north from Iceland to Greenland, then south to Newfoundland
Who is Leif Ericsson?
500
The explorer that determined that America was a continent and not a part of Asia.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
500
He named the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?