7th Grade-European Explorers

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.

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.

This explorer sailed for France and traveled up the St. Lawrence River. He founded the colony of Quebec. Lake Champlain is named after him.

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.

To spread Christianity (GOD), to claim land for the home country (GLORY), and to find riches (GOLD)

The group of people who set out to find Greenland but found North America by mistake.

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.

The transfer/trading of plants, animals and diseases between Europe and the Americas which started because of Christopher Columbus' explorations.

The water route that many explorers believed would connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. (it didn't really exist)

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.

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.

This is the continent the European explorers were trying to find a shorter route to.