Francis Drake
Prince Henry the Navigator
Hernando Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
Portuguese explorer who traveled around the Cape of Good Hope to arrive in India, the first European to find an all water route to the Indies
made 4 voyages to the Americas while representing Spain
English explorer, circumnavigated, defeated Spanish Armada, pirate
Portuguese explorer who explored the western coastline of Africa and set up a navigation school
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire in Peru/Chile
first ever to circumnavigate, sailed for Spain
Spanish conquistador, conquered the Aztecs in Mexico
French explorer who claimed parts of Canada for his country and mapped the St. Lawrence River
