Social+Studies

Early Explorers Explorer's Name: Nationality: Country of Support: Goal(s): What happened on the voyage: Interesting Facts:

Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, Giovanni da Verrazazono English, French, Italian The Dutch and English, King Francis, the Englisg To claim land, and find the Northwest Passage Cartier and Verrrazanno took 3 voyages each, Hudson took 4 voyages Verrazaznono and Cartier had to turn back because of a rapid river,Hudson ran into the Lenni Lenape tribe

Name:Juan Ponce de Leon Nationality:Helped conquer Puerto Rico, Helped Columbas on 2nd voyage, and claimed Florida for Spian and tried to set a settlment. Country of Support:Spian Goal: to find the fountian of youth, and to find Binimi Where he explored: Florida, and he helped conquer Puerto Rico What happened on the Voyage:Found Florida and cliamed it for Spian. Came back and tried to set a settllement. The Clausa Tribe defened the land and Ponce de Leon got wounded and later on died. Interesting facts: Born in Santervas, Spian in 1460. Was a soldier fighting Muslims in the early 1490. Was apionted governer of the Doninican provincce of Higuey.

Explorer's Name:Hernando de Soto Nationality: He is Spanish Country of Support:A new dominion Charles V of Spain Goal(s):He spent four years looking for gold and silver What happened on the voyage:He met priests, farmers, and native americans. He also fought native americans and died on his ship with a fever. Interesting Facts:I think what was interesting was that they lost 300 men on the voyage. He also was the first European to see the Mississippi River. He was granted the rights to conquer Florida and was named governer of Cuba. He was buried on the banks of the Mississippi River

Explorer's Name: Coronado Salamanca Spain Spain His goal was to find gold and riches. He failed because he could not find gold or riches. He explored land wich is now the South Western United States.

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Explorer's name: Fransisco Pizarro Nationality:Spanish conquistidor Country of support: Italy Goal: To become wealthy and be known as great What happened on the voyage: He took over a Inca empire because the Incas wouldn't accept cathlolic belifs or the spanish rule. Where did pizarro explore:the coast of south America. Intresting facts:he died Lima Peru June 26 1541. he sailed with balboa on his journey in1513.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa European Spain His goal was to see if Americo Vesspuche was right about the unknown continent. He explored what is now Columbia and Panama. He set up a settelment and later helped spanish take land from native americans. He married an indian princess and had three children. He was the first Eurepean to settle in the americas. He set up a farm but was not a very good farmer. He made it to the Pacific ocean when he was 35. 

Name:Ferdinand Magellan

Nationality: Portuguese. Country of Support: Spain. Goal: to find a western route to Asia. Where he explored: Around the World What happened on the voyage:Ferdinand Magellan wanted to cross the Pacific Ocean in a few days. But yet, it took him about three months!Alot of his men died of starvation and illness.Magellan died in battle on Philippine islands. Finally, in 1522, a ship made it back to spain with only 18 out of the 250sailors.They were the first people to make iit around the world in recorded history. Interesting facts:There were five ships, the Santiago, the San Antonio, the Conception, the Trinidad, and the Victoria. In October of 1520, Magellan found a strait! He decided to name it the Strait of Magellan.It took 38 days.Soon after Magellan dies wh a poisoned arrow through his foot and a spear through his heart! Only the Victoria made it back to Spain.

Name: Hernanado Corté s Nationality: Spanish Goal: To find gold among the land of the Aztecs Explored: Mexico What Happened on the Voyage: Cotes and his men met the Aztecs and war broke out and the Aztecs were wiped out. Interesting Facts: The Aztecs were waiting for a white skinned god and thought Cortes was they're god because he had a horse and a gun.

Explorer's Name:Giovanni Caboto Nationality:Italian Country of Support:England Goal(s):To claim new land for England What happened on the voyage: Interesting Facts; the ships called the Mathew and his crew of 18 sailed northwest through the atlantic ocean