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Famous Explorers

Famous Explorers. Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci Hernando de Soto. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. BORN: 1451 DIED: 1506 Place of Birth: Genoa,Italy Place of death: VALLADODILD SPAIN. Christopher Columbus and his Major Discovery. Sponsoring Country: Spain Method of Travel: Ship

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Famous Explorers

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  1. Famous Explorers Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci Hernando de Soto

  2. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BORN: 1451 DIED: 1506 Place of Birth: Genoa,Italy Place of death: VALLADODILD SPAIN

  3. Christopher Columbus and his Major Discovery Sponsoring Country: Spain Method of Travel: Ship Discovery: America

  4. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Summary of Discovery: Columbus proved that the world is round, He made four voyages to America, but he did not know he had discovered a new world. He thought he was in India and called the natives Indians.

  5. Christopher Columbus • Christopher was 55 when he died. He worked for the King and Queen of Spain. He was born in 1451 and died in1506.

  6. The Voyage • Christopher brought back gold,spices & other things that they wanted.

  7. Christopher’s life • He was married twice and had two sons. His first wife died . He named his first son after one of his three brothers.

  8. Amerigo Vespucci BORN:1451 DIED:1512 Place of Birth:March 9th in Florence,Italy Place of death: Feb. 22 in Seville.

  9. Amerigo Vespucci and his MajorDiscovery Sponsoring Country: Italy Method of Travel: By boat Discovery:North America, Coast of Florida

  10. Amerigo Vespucci America is named afterAmerigo Vespucci. He had 3 voyages one at year 1507. Next at (1499-1502). Last at year 1501-1502. He died at age 58.

  11. Hernando De Soto BORN: around 1500 DIED: May 21, 1542 Place of Birth: Barcarrota, Spain Place of Death: on the Mississippi River in Louisiana

  12. Hernando De Soto and his Major Discovery Sponsoring Country: Spain Method of Travel: Ship, horseback, and foot Discovery: Mississippi River

  13. Hernando De Soto Hernando discovered the Mississippi River. He fought in one of the bloodiest battles in history. He was the first Spaniard to explore the Southeastern United States. He was the governor of a country.

  14. Hernando De Soto • While Hernando was exploring, he captured many chiefs, even after some were nice.

  15. Hernando De Soto When Hernando De Soto died on the Mississippi River, his crew members tied rocks to him and threw him overboard so the Indians couldn’t do anything to his body.

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