Quizlet AP Exam-Explorers

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  1. Balboa: Spanish explorer who explored Central America and paved the way for Cortes and Pizarro.
  2. Cabot: British explorer who looked for North-west passage, and claimed parts of North America for Britain.
  3. Cabral: Portuguese explorer who was blown by a storm into Brazil and colonized it for Portugual.
  4. Cartier: French explorer who claimed the St. Lawrence River and Canada for France.
  5. Champlain: Established Quebec for France.
  6. Columbus: First to discover the "New World" (didn't realize it was new though)
  7. Cortes: Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec empire.
  8. Da Gama: Portuguese explorer who sailed around Africa into Inda forming a new trade route to Asia.
  9. De Leon: Spanish explorer who established Florida as a Spanish possesion, while he was searching for the fountain of youth.
  10. Diaz: Portuguese explorer who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, but was forced to turn around afterwards.
  11. Drake: British pirate who stole Spanish bullion.
  12. Hudson: British explorer who established the Hudson Bay Company and British Canada.
  13. Magellan: Spanish explorer who colonized the Philippines.
  14. Pizarro: Spanish explorer who conqured the Incan Empire.
  15. Vespucci: Spanish explorer who used scientific reasoning to deduce that Columbus had found a new world, not another route to Asia.