| FAMOUS
EXPLORERS |
| Famous Explorers |
Nationality |
Voyage of Exploration |
| Sir
Francis Drake |
English |
Circumnavigated
the World |
| Sir
Walter Raleigh |
English |
Discovered
Guiana |
| Marco
Polo |
Italian |
Exploration
of China and Asia |
| Ferdinand
Magellan |
Portuguese |
First
voyage around the world |
| Christopher
Columbus |
Italian/Spanish |
Discovery
of the New World |
| Francisco
Pizarro |
Spanish |
Famous
Explorer who conquered the Incas of Peru |
| Amerigo
Vespucci |
Italian/Spanish |
America
was named after this famous explorer |
| Vasco
Nunez de Balboa |
Spanish |
First
European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean |
| Vasco
da Gama |
Portuguese |
Discovery
of an ocean route from Portugal to the East |
| Sir
Humphrey Gilbert |
English |
This
famous explorer established St Johns, Newfoundland |
| Juan
Ponce de Leon |
Spanish |
First
European explorer to set foot in Florida |
| Sir
Richard Grenville |
English |
Voyages
to Virginia and Roanoke Island and the Azores |
| Sir
John Hawkins |
English |
Voyages
to West Africa and South America |
| Francisco
Vasquez de Coronado |
Spanish |
Explored
the Southwest of North America |
| Sir
Martin Frobisher |
English |
Voyages
to Labrador and Greenland |
| Hernando
De Soto |
Spanish |
First
European to explore Florida and South East America |
| Sir
Richard Hawkins |
English |
Voyages
to South America |
| Hernando
Cortes |
Spanish |
Spanish
conqueror of Mexico and the Aztec Empire |
| Bartolomeu
Dias |
Portuguese |
First
explorer to lead voyage around the Cape of Good Hope |
| Pedro
Alvares Cabral |
Portuguese |
The
first European explorer to see Brazil in 1500 |
| Giovanni
da Verrazzano |
Italian/French |
Italian who explored the NE coast of Nth. America |
| Gaspar
Corte Real |
Portuguese |
Exploration
of Greenland and the coast of Newfoundland |
| John
Cabot |
Italian/English |
Second
explorer to find North America (after Columbus) |
| Sebastian
Cabot |
Italian/English |
Son of
the famous explorer John Cabot. |
| Jacques
Cartier |
French |
Led
three expeditions of exploration to Canada |
| Henry
Hudson |
English |
Discovered
the Hudson River |
| Jacques
Marquette |
French |
Discovered
the Mississippi with Can. explorer Louis Joliet |
| Samuel
de Champlain |
French |
Famous
explorer and founder of Quebec City. |
| Pedro
Alvares Cabral |
Portuguese |
The
first to see Brazil in 1500 |
| Cabeza
de Vaca |
Spanish |
The
first European to explore Texas and Southwest America |
| Estevanico |
North
African |
Exploring
Texas and Southwest America |
| Panfilo
de Narvaez |
Spanish |
The
exploration of Cuba and Florida and North America |
| Fray
Marcos de Niza |
Italian/Spanish |
Discovered
the Pueblo tribe called the Zuni Indians. |
| Alonso
Alvarez de Pineda |
Spanish |
First
European in Texas, proved Florida was not an island |
| Juan
de Onate |
Spanish |
Famous
for establishing the colony of New Mexico for Spain |
| Lucas
Vazquez de Ayllon |
Spanish |
Explorer
and colonizer of South Carolina |
| Juan
Rodriguez Cabrillo |
Spanish |
First
European explorer to navigate the coast of California |
| Louis
Joliet |
Canadian |
Explored
the Great Lakes area and Mississippi River |
