Exploration
Exploration
1st to ArriveThe first to arrive to Americas cross the Bering Strait land bridge (Beringia)
Leif EricsonLanded in Newfoundland Canada
First European in America 500 years before Columbus
Henry the NavigatorPortuguese prince who established school for navigation
Portugal becomes center of exploration
Turkish/ Ottoman Empire
Controls trade routes to Asia (quickest way is through their territory)
When they rose to power, they cut trade routes to Asia
Portugal Finds a New Route
Bartholomeu Dias
Starts to explore farther from Europe
Sails around Africa to reach Asia
Christopher Columbus
Thought he could find a shorter route to Asia by sailing West
Convinced Spain to support him
Ran into Caribbean Islands, called them the West Indie
Glory
John CabotExploring the New World for Britain
Landed in Newfoundland (near where Leif Ericson landed)
Glory
Amerigo VespucciSailing for Portugal figured out that America was not Asia, but a continent no modern European was aware of
New World is eventually called America in his honor.
Glory
Hernan CortesSpanish Explorer
Explored Spain looking for Gold
Defeated Aztecs by peacefully entering their capital and attacking later
Gold/God
Francisco PizzaroSpanish explorer
Defeats Inca empire in Peru
Gold
Jacques CartierFrench Explorer find St. Lawrence River in Canada
Looking for a passage through New World to Asia
Gives Canada its name
Glory
Hernando de SotoExplores area around Florida and Southern US for Spain
1st European to cross Mississippi river
God, Gold, and Glory
Marquette and JolietExplore length of Mississippi River looking for route from Canada to Pacific Ocean
French Explorers
God/Glory