Francis Drake
Christopher Columbus
Hernando Cortes
Ferdinand Magellan
Prince Henry the Navigator
Jacques Cartier
Francisco Pizarro
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer who traveled around the Cape of Good Hope to arrive in India, the first European to find an all water route to the Indies
Spanish conquistador, conquered the Aztecs in Mexico
Portuguese explorer who explored the western coastline of Africa and set up a navigation school
made 4 voyages to the Americas while representing Spain
French explorer who claimed parts of Canada for his country and mapped the St. Lawrence River
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire in Peru/Chile
first ever to circumnavigate, sailed for Spain
English explorer, circumnavigated, defeated Spanish Armada, pirate