Week of April 9-13

Monday- 

Henry Hudson

  • Tried to find a route from Europe to Asia
  • Exploration of Canada and Northeastern US
  • Discovered Hudson Bay

Sir Walter Raleigh

  • Attempts to colonze is America failed
  • Expedition to El Dorado "Golden Land"
    • Fable

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

  • Explored coast of Colombia, Panama
  • First European to see eastern coast of the Pacific

Amerigo Vespucci

  • Discovered Venezuela, Amazon River, and Cape St. Augustine
  • First to realize this was a new continent

 Tuesday- 

Vasco de Gama

  • Successfully sailed from Europe around Africa to southeast Asia

Hernan Cortes

  • Conquered the Aztecs

Ferdinand Magellan

  • First circumnavigation of Earth- all around the world
  • He died and his crew finished 
  • Discovered Pacific Ocean

Sir Francis Drake

  • Started as a Slave trader
  • First English man to sail around the world

Wednesday- No school

Thursday- 

Juan Ponce de Leon

  • Searched for Fountain of Youth
    • Found Florida

Francisco Pizarro

  • Overthrew the Incan Emipire

Christopher Columbus

  • Completed 4 voyages across the Atlantic Ocean
  • Credited with discovery of Americas in 1492

 Friday- 

John Cabot

  • Found Canada

Bartoleomeu Dias

  • Sailed around the cape of good hope
    • South tip of Africa

 

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