Viking Explorers
-Newfoundland
-Discovered North America
Purpose: Explored Newfoundland and returned to Norway
Leif Ericson
-First European to sail around the cape of Good Hope to India
Purpose: Establish a water trade route connecting Europe with India
Vasco da Gama
-South America wasn't part of Asia and was a new continent
Purpose: Found a water route to Asia
Amerigo Vespucci
-North Carolina coast
-Tried to colonize but failed
Purpose: Colonize North America for England
Sir Walter Raleigh
-Explored Northeast America and Eastern Canada
Purpose: Seeking Northwest passage across America
Henry Hudson
-Southern Tip of Africa
Purpose: Explore the west coast of Africa
Bartolomeu Diaz
-Explored the world
Purpose: First to circumnavigate the world
Ferdinand Magellan
-Explored central Southern Canada
Purpose: Established the first French settlement of New France at Qutec
Samuel de Champlain
-Discovered Florida
Purpose: Looking for the Mythical Fountain of Youth and riches
Juan Ponce de Leon