1. Exploration

2. 1st to Arrive
The first to arrive
to Americas cross
the Bering Strait
land bridge
(Beringia)

3. Leif Ericson
Landed in
Newfoundland
Canada
First European in
America 500 years
before Columbus

4. Henry the Navigator
Portuguese
prince who
established
school for
navigation
Portugal
becomes center
of exploration

5. 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

6. Portugal Finds a New Route
Bartholomeu Dias
Starts to explore
farther from Europe
Sails around Africa
to reach Asia

7. 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

8. John Cabot
Exploring the New
World for Britain
Landed in
Newfoundland
(near where Leif
Ericson landed)
Glory

9. Amerigo Vespucci
Sailing 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

10. Hernan Cortes
Spanish Explorer
Explored Spain looking
for Gold
Defeated Aztecs by
peacefully entering their
capital and attacking
later
Gold/God

11. Francisco Pizzaro
Spanish explorer
Defeats Inca empire
in Peru
Gold

12. Jacques Cartier
French Explorer find
St. Lawrence River in
Canada
Looking for a
passage through
New World to Asia
Gives Canada its
name
Glory

13. Hernando de Soto
Explores area around
Florida and Southern
US for Spain
1st European to cross
Mississippi river
God, Gold, and Glory

14. Marquette and Joliet
Explore length of
Mississippi River
looking for route
from Canada to
Pacific Ocean
French Explorers
God/Glory