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Great Explorers Who Shaped the World

Learn about the daring expeditions of famous explorers like Columbus, Magellan, and Zheng He who opened new lands and trade routes, changing the course of history forever.

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Great Explorers Who Shaped the World

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  1. Explorers

  2. Bartolomeu Dias Vasco de Gama Portugal’s Explorers

  3. Dias • Sailed for Portugal • First European to sail around the tip of Africa • Allowed Europe to trade directly with India and Asia

  4. DeGama • Sailed for Portugal • First European to sail directly to India around Africa • Showed profit could be made and length of the journey

  5. Spanish Explorers Christopher Columbus Hernán Cortés Ferdinand Magellan Francisco Pizarro

  6. Columbus • Italian who sailed for Spain • First “modern” European to reach the New World • Led to European awareness of the new Continent

  7. Cortés • Sailed for Spain • Known as a conquistador; conquered the Aztec and other Empires • Increased bullion for Spain

  8. Magellan • Portuguese who sailed for Spain • First to cross the Pacific Ocean and circumnavigate the globe • Exposed Europe to new goods and opportunities

  9. Pizarro • Sailed for Spain • Conquered Incan Empire and founder of Lima • Great military leader and added more bullion to Spain

  10. Jacques Cartier Robert de La Salle France’s Explorers Samuel de Champlain

  11. French Explorer • Samuel de Champlain • explorer and navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America • started a settlement in Quebec

  12. Cartier • Sailed for France • First to map Saint Lawerence River; claimed Canada for France • Established an area for French colonies in New World

  13. La Salle • Sailed for France • Explored Mississippi River System and the Gulf of Mexico; claimed entire Mississippi River System for France • Put French colonies in conflict with Spanish colonies

  14. English Explorers John Cabot Francis Drake Henry Hudson James Cook

  15. Cabot • Italian who sailed for England • Credited as first European to reach mainland North America • Gave reason for Europe to set up colonies

  16. Drake • Sailed for England • Circumnavigated the world; mapped out potential colonial points • Spanish saw him as a pirate and offered $8 million reward for him

  17. Hudson • Sailed for England • Searched for Northwest Passage; mapped Hudson Bay and most of Canada • Crew mutinied and abandoned him

  18. Cook • British explorer • Explored the Pacific. New Zealand, Australia, Antarctica • Killed on the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii)

  19. Zheng He • Sailed for China • Made 7 voyages around the Pacific & Indian Oceans • Displayed wealth and power of China

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