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Age
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European
Exploration
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The new continents discovered during the Age of European Explorations were named after him.
What is Amerigo Vespucci
100
First European known to discover and try to colonize North America.
What is Leif Eriksson
100
First European to explore the Bahamas, Cuba & Hispaniola who discovered a trade route across the Atlantic that is still used today.
What is Columbus
100
First European to discover New York Bay & Narragansett Bay and establish a French claim to American territory.
What is Verrazano
100
Leader of the second expedition to sail around the world.
What is Drake
200
First European to discover & explore the St. Lawrence River.
What is Cartier
200
Important colonizer and first European to discover Florida, the Bahama Channel & the Gulf Stream.
What is Ponce de Leon
200
Explorer who established England's claim to an American empire.
What is Cabot
200
Founded a school of navigation and shipbuilding.
What is Prince Henry
200
Reason for the establishment of a Dutch presence in North America.
What is Hudson
300
English gentleman who sponsored the expedition to the Lost Colony.
What is Raleigh
300
Explorer of present-day southeastern U.S. and first European to cross the Mississippi River.
What is De Soto
300
The first mariner to circumnavigate the globe.
What is Magellan
300
Explorer of present-day southwestern U.S. in search of Cibola.
What is Coronado
300
First European to sight the Pacific Ocean from an American shore.
What is Balboa
400
Father of New France and the first cartographer of New England.
What is Champlain
400
Author of a book that inspired other European explorers to look for a trade route to the Far East.
What is Marco Polo