Explorer Country of Origin Date Discovery
Leif Ericson and Vikings Norway 1001 Newfoundland
Christopher Columbus Spain 1492 San Salvador and West Indies
John Cabot England 1497 Greenland, Labrador and Newfoundland
Amerigo Vespucci Spain 1497-1502 South America and West Indies
Vasco de Balboa Spain 1513 The Pacific Ocean
Ferdinand Magellan Spain 1509-1522 First to sail around the World
Juan Ponce de Leon Spain 1513 Florida
Hernando Cortez Spain 1519-1521 Mexico
Jacques Cartier France 1535 The St. Lawrence River
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Spain 1542 California
Sir Francis Drake England 1577-1580 Explorations around the World
Samuel de Champlain France 1603 The Great Lakes and Quebec
Henry Hudson The Netherlands 1609 Hudson Bay
Which countries were the most stable at the end of the Reformation? Look at your notes from the Reformation Map Study and list them.
Which countries sent explorers to the New World during the Age of Exploration?
Which country is missing?
What theory do you have that could explain this?
Which countries were the most stable at the end of the Reformation? Look at your notes from the Reformation Map Study and list them.
Which countries sent explorers to the New World during the Age of Exploration?
Which country is missing?
What theory do you have that could explain this?
The answer—Portugal sent a tremendous number of explorers. However, where did they mostly go?
Explorer Country of Origin Date Discovery
Antão Gonçalves Portugal 1441 West Africa
Antonio Da Noli Portugal 1460 Cape Verde Islands
Diogo de Azambuja Portugal 1481 West Africa
Diogo Cão Portugal 1485 Congo River
Bartholomew Diaz Portugal 1500 Cape of Good Hope
Pedro Álvares Cabral Portugal 1500 Brazil
Alfonso de Abreu Portugal 1510 Indonesia
Alfonso d'Albuquerque Portugal 1510 India
Duarte Fernandes Portugal 1511 Thailand
Francisco Alvares Portugal 1515 Ethiopia
Cristovão de Mendonça Portugal 1520 Australia
Vasco da Gama Portugal 1524 Circumnavigation
Fernão Pires de Andrade Portugal 1577 China
What places were discovered by Europeans? List as many as you can.
Hmmmm…which of the uninhabited places actually discovered by Europeans have you actually heard of before today?