Explorers
The first Spaniard to explore the lands that are
now part of the southern east coast of the United States.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Ponce de Leon was searching for
Fountain of Youth.
the oldest continuing European settlement in the United
States.
St. Augustine
The conquistadors were Spanish
conquerors.
The first European to see the Mississippi River.
Hernando de Soto
The Legend of El Dorado was about a famous city or cities of
gold
The river named for Henry Hudson is located
New York.
The religious settlements that the Spaniards built in the Southwest
missions
Was searching for Seven Cities of Cibola in the American
Southwest.
Coronado
Coronado was searching for what in the American
Southwest.
Seven Cities of Cibola
Champlain named the settlement he founded
Quebec.
something from nature that is useful to humans.
Natural Resource
Explored eastern Canada and the northeastern U.S.
Coast.
Henry Hudson
Most early European explorers in the Americas were looking for
riches
and a passage to Asia.
The body of water Champlain explored for France was the
St. Lawrence
River.
something from nature that is useful to humans
Natural Resource
Founded New Found Land
John Cabot
In 1492, Columbus claimed the land he found for the king and queen of
Spain
Ponce de Leon arrived on this beautiful flower land on Easter Sunday
Florida
a special journey taken by a group that has a clear
purpose or goal
Expedition