match the explorer

Henry Hudson

The Dutch East India Company and England financed his travels. He explored Greenland, the United States, Hudson Bay, Arctic Ocean, and Atlantic Ocean. He was looking for the Northwest Passage. He was not successful but did claim land for the Netherlands. He was mutinied.

John Cabot

England financed his travels. He explored North America and Canada. He was looking for a water route to Asia. He was not successful.

Giovonni da Verrazano

France financed his travels. He explored coastlines of North Carolina to New York. He was looking for the Northwest Passage. He was not successful but was the first to set foot in New York.

Jacques Cartier

France financed his travels. He explored the Saint Lawrence and Canada. He was looking for the Northwest Passage and gold. He was not successful but did claim most of Canada for France.

Marco Polo

He created a book that tells his voyage to Cathay, China in the 1200s.

Francisco Pizzaro

He was a Spanish conquistador who traveled to the western coast of South America in 1531. He defeated the Incas and claimed new lands in South America for Spain.

Amerigo Vespucci

Italy financed his travels. He explored South America. He was trying to prove that Columbus was wrong. He was not successful because he could not prove that Columbus was wrong.

Vasco da Gama

Portugal financed his travels. He explored Asia and Africa. He was looking to see if there was a sea route to Asia. He was successful.

Bartolomeu Dias

Portugal financed his travels. He explored the country Africa. He tried to see if ships could make it around Africa.He was successful because he was blown around the Cape of Good Hope.

Juan Ponce de León

Spain financed his travels. He explored Florida. He was looking for Bimini Island and the Fountain of Youth. He was not successful but did claim Florida.

Hernando Cortes

Spain financed his travels. He explored Mexico. he was looking to claim the New World. He was successful because he found gold and claimed land from Mexico for Spain.

Christopher Columbus

Spain financed his travels. He explored North and South America. He was looking for a water route to Asia. He was not successful.

Ferdinand Magellan

Spain financed his travels. He explored South America, Philippine Islands, and he circumnavigated. He was looking for a water route to China. He was not successful.

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Spain financed his travels. He explored the Americas and the Pacific Ocean. He was looking for a new sea route. He was successful and he crossed the isthmus.

Hernando de Soto

Spain financed his travels. He explored the southeastern United States. He was looking for the Seven Cities of Gold. He was not successful because he did not find the Seven Cities of Gold, but did claim the southeastern United States.

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Spain financed his travels. He explored the southwestern United States. He was looking for the Seven Cities of Gold. He was not successful because he did not find the Seven Cities of Gold, but did claim the southwestern United States.