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Explorers
Sponsors
Purpose for Voyage
Accomplisments
Obstacles
100
The explorer who sailed in 1497 in search of China, but ended up in Canada.
John Cabot
100
Who sponsored Cabot?
England
100
Henry Hudson and Jacques Cartier went exploring to find...
a northwest route to India and the Spice Islands
100
he claimed Canada for England
Cabot
100
He could not find a sponsor for a long time.
Columbus
200
Who is the explorer that reached Panama in 1513?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
200
Who sponsored Cartier?
France
200
Christopher Columbus was trying to find...
a new way to China
200
He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
Balboa
200
He could not sell his watches.
Cartier
300
Who began exploring Florida in 1506?
Juan Ponce de Leon
300
Who sponsored Columbus?
Spain
300
Who went looking for a new route to Asia?
John Cabot
300
He named the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Cartier
300
He had no maps to follow.
Cabot
400
Who began exploring in 1610 trying to find a northern route to India?
Henry Hudson
400
Who sponsored Hudson?
England
400
What was Balboa's primary reason for going to Panama?
to find riches
400
He is credited with discovering America, although he actually landed in the Bahamas.
Columbus
400
He kept running into ice.
Hudson
500
Who was a watch salesman who left France in 1534?
Jacques Cartier
500
Who sponsored Balboa?
Spain
500
What have people throughout history believed that Juan Ponce de Leon was searching for in Florida?
The Fountain of Youth
500
He discovered Florida.
Ponce de Leon
500
He and Ponce de Leon had many problems with the Native Americans.
Balboa