Major European Explorers of the New World

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Major European Explorers of the New World

• Nick Torres

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SOL COVERED

• SOL VUS.2 The student will describe how early
  European exploration and colonization resulted in
  cultural interactions among Europeans, Africans,
  and American Indians (First Americans).

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Who Explored the New World?

• Spain
• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco Nunes de Balboa
• Hernando Cortes
• Hernando de Soto

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France

• Giovanni da Verrazzano
• Jacques Cartier

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England

• Henry Hudson

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Christopher Columbus

• Discovered America
• First Voyage in 1492

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• Goal Sail west to Asia
• Achievement Accidentally discovered West Indies
• Returned with slaves and gold.

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Vasco Nunes de Balboa

• Spanish soldier
• Served on a colonization mission
• First voyage in 1501

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• Goal Land route to Pacific
• Achievement First Spaniard to Pacific

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Hernando Cortes

• Conquered Cuba in 1511
• conquistador

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• Goal Conquer Aztecs in Mexico
• Achievement Helped conquer Cuba, Mexico
• Explored west Central America, Baja

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Hernando de Soto

• Drew early maps of North America
• First voyage in 1530

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• Goal Explore southern North America
• Make contact with rich natives
• Achievement Explored throughout modern US
• Drew early maps of region

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Giovanni da Verrazzano

• Syndicate of Lyon Merchants
• French government
• Silk influence
• 1524

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• Goal Waterway to China through America
• Achievement Information for mapmakers
• Sailed from Florida to Newfoundland

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Jacques Cartier

• Trained as a sailor
• St. Lawrence voyage 1534

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• Goal Waterway to China through Canada
• Achievement Explored St. Lawrence River
• Claimed modern Quebec for France

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Henry Hudson

• Dutch and English companies
• Four separate North American voyages
• First voyage in 1607
• Marooned on last voyage

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• Goal Find water passages to China
• (Searched from North Pole to Virginia)
• Achievement Explored Hudson Bay
• Hudson River, inland New York
• Found an entrance to Chesapeake

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Overview

• Discovery involves many people
• Columbus wasnt the only explorer!
• We learned only a few today
• HW Find two more explorers, write mini-report on
  them

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For HW www.mariner.org/exploration

• There are tons, find two here!