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This explorer was from Portugal but sailed for Spain in 1519. He sailed down the east coast of South America and found the Pacific Ocean on the other side.
 
Ferdinand Magellan
 
Giovanni da Verrazzano
 
Amerigo Vespucci
 
Samuel de Champlain
The transfer/trading of plants, animals and diseases between Europe and the Americas which started because of Christopher Columbus' explorations.
 
Columbian Exchange
 
Reasons for Exploration
 
Northwest Passage
 
Asia
This explorer was from Italy but sailed for France. He sailed up the Atlantic coastline from the Carolinas to Newfoundland. He explored the New York Harbor in 1524.
 
Giovanni da Verrazano
 
Ferdinand Magellan
 
Christopher Columbus
 
Henry Hudson
This explorer was from England but sailed for the Dutch. He sailed in search for the Northwest Passage but discovered the Hudson Bay and sailed up the Hudson River.
 
Henry Hudson
 
John Cabot
 
Ferdinand Magellan
 
Amerigo Vespucci
This explorer sailed for Spain in 1492 using three ships: the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. He made 4 trips to the New World and still believed he had found a new route to Asia when he died.
 
Christopher Columbus
 
Giovanni da Verrazzano
 
Ferdinand Magellan
 
Amerigo Vespucci
This is the continent the European explorers were trying to find a shorter route to.
 
Asia
 
Columbian Exchange
 
Northwest Passage
 
Reasons for Exploration
The water route that many explorers believed would connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. (it didn't really exist)
 
Northwest Passage
 
Reasons for Exploration
 
Columbian Exchange
 
Asia
This explorer sailed for France and traveled up the St. Lawrence River. He founded the colony of Quebec. Lake Champlain is named after him.
 
Samuel de Champlain
 
Ferdinand Magellan
 
Amerigo Vespucci
 
Giovanni da Verrazzano
This explorer sailed for Spain in 1501 and sailed to the coast of South America. He believed he found a New World NOT Asia. America is named after him.
 
Amerigo Vespucci
 
Samuel de Champlain
 
Ferdinand Magellan
 
Christopher Columbus
The group of people who set out to find Greenland but found North America by mistake.
 
The Vikings
 
Henry Hudson
 
John Cabot
 
Amerigo Vespucci
This explorer was from Italy but sailed for England in 1497. He traveled along the coast of Newfoundland in Canada. His voyages became the basis for England's claim to land in North America.
 
John Cabot
 
Giovanni da Verrazzano
 
Christopher Columbus
 
Henry Hudson
To spread Christianity (GOD), to claim land for the home country (GLORY), and to find riches (GOLD)
 
Reasons for Exploration
 
Asia
 
Columbian Exchange
 
Northwest Passage


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