EXPLORERS

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EXPLORERS

• By
• Ms. Harrisons Fifth Grade Class
• 2006-2007

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Ferdinand Magellan
14801-1521
Nationality Portuguese
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Accomplishments

• Ferdinand Magellan was the first European to sail
  around the world.
• He completed many journeys to India.
• Ferdinand was the first man to sail around South
  America.

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Facts

• Ferdinand Magellan sailed under the Spanish flag.
• Magellan named the Pacific Ocean for its
  peacefulness.
• His parents died when he was ten years old.
• Ferdinand was killed by natives in the
  Philippines.

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Map of Voyage
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John Cabot
From 1450-1499 NationalityItaly
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Accomplishment

• John Cabot explored shores of Newfoundland, Nova
  Scotia, and Labrador under the English
  coats-of-arm in the ship Matthew.
  
• He also found the richest fishing spot.

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Facts

• He thought he found the Northwest Passage but he
  didn't. He hurry back to England to report his
  discover.
  
• One of his three sons, Sebastian accompanied him
  on his trip.
  
• On his second voyage he disappeared and no one
  ever found where he disappeared to.

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Map of Voyage
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Amerigo Vespucci
Born and died 1454-1512 Nationality Italian
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Accomplishment

• Sailed to west Indies and also sailed around
  Africa.
• In 1503, he explored the south eastern side of
  South America.
• Amerigo visited Cape Soo, Rouge, and Guambara.

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Facts

• North America and South America was named after
  Amerigo.
• Also he was an early and skilled explorer.
• Furthermore, Amerigo helped Columbus on his
  second and third voyages.

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Map of the Voyage
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Hernando Cortes
1485-1547 Spanish
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Accomplishments

• He was the Spanish conquerer of Mexico
• He also killed many of the Aztec Indians
• He wanted to start a colony
• He never got to after he learned about the Aztecs

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Other facts

• He lead his troops to the Aztec Empire
• Before the battle was about to start , the Aztecs
  took one look at the weapons that the Spaniards
  brought with them from Spain and got frightened.
• This led to them making peace with each other

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The Map of his Voyage
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
1475-1519 Nationality-Spanish
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Accomplishments

• On the morning of September 25,1513 Vasco Nunez
  de Balboa climbed a peak and became the first
  European to look out on what would become the
  Eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean.
• Before that, he tried to make a living for
  farming,but he was not so successful.
• He explored with Rodrigo de Bastidas.

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Facts

• On September 1,1513, Balboa set out on a quest to
  discover a great sea. With him he brought 190
  Spaniards, a pack of dogs, and 1,000 Indian
  slaves.
• He believed that pearls could be found on the
  northern coast of Venezuela.
• Balboa's tombstone is located in Havana, Cuba.

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Map of Voyage
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Chistopher Columbus
1451-1506 Italian
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Accomplishments

• Made four voyages to America and Caribbean
  Islands.
• Made the voyages in 1492-1504.
• Got more men and ships every voyage.

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Facts about Christopher Columbus

• Columbus thought he was in the Indies.
• He was sent to jail after 4th voyage.
• Named an island San Salvador in Spanish it means
  Holy Saver.
• When he was a child he watched ships leave the
  port.

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The Map of the Voyage
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Ponce de Leon
1460-1521 Spanish
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His First Quest

• He was a conquistador
• Looking for the fountain of youth
• He believed it would keep people from growing old
• His trip was unsuccessful but he claimed Florida
  for Spain
• Ponce de Leon went to Florida many times

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Childhood

• Had a hard childhood
• Worked as a delivery person for the royal court
  of Spain
• He eventually found the fountain of youth
• After he found it he was shot with an arrow and
  died

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Map of Voyage
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Jacques Cartier
Born/died1491-1557 Nationality French
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Accomplishments

• Cartier traveled to the St. Lawrence River with
  two ships and sixty one men.
• On his first voyage, he looked for a path through
  America to East Asia.

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More Facts

• In 1534 he received a voyage from the French king
  to search islands which are said to have a lot of
  gold.
• Jacques Cartier was born in St. Malo, France in
  1491.
• Jacques Cartier explored parts of Newfoundland on
  May 10,1534 and also what are parts of now Canada.

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Map
These are the places Cartier explored.
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Francisco Vasquez De Coronado
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Accomplishments

• Francisco Vasquez De Coronado discovered the
  southeastern part of the United States, including
  the Grand Canyon.
• Coronado did this between 1540-1542.

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Other Facts

• Coronado was a Spanish Ruler. At one point he was
  the governor of Galicia.

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Map of Voyage
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Hernando de Soto
Born- 1500 Died- 1542 Nationality- Spanish
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Accomplishments

• Hernando led the first expedition across the
  southeastern United States.
• De Soto explored many states such as Georgia,
  South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi,
  Arkansas, and Louisiana.
• Even though Hernando De Soto didn't find any
  gold, he still gave Spain a claim to much of the
  southeastern part of today's United States.

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Facts

• Hernando De Soto had been one of Pizarro's men in
  Peru.
• Hernando De Soto and his men were the first to
  discover the Mississippi River.
• In 1539 he and several hundred Spaniards landed
  near which today is Tampa Bay Florida.
• Sadly, in 1542 De Soto fell ill and died.

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Map of Voyage
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Francisco Pizarro
1475-1541 Spanish
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Accomplishments

• He was the conquerer of the Inca Empire.
• Pizarro accompanied Ojeda to Columbia in 1510.
• He was on a voyage with Balboa when he
  discovered the Pacific Ocean.

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Facts

• Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Spain
• He was an intelligent son of a Spanish gentleman.
• When he was a child he was an illiterate
  swineherd.

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Francisco Pizarro's Route
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Bibliography

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
• Francisco Pizarro
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Hernando Cortez
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Hernando De Soto
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• John Cabot
• Jacques Cartier
• Giovanni Da Verrazano

Click on the explorer you to see that bibliography
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Bibliography

• http//library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/coronado.ht
  m
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/
  coronado.shtml
• http//www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronad
  o.htm
• http//www.win.tue.nl/engels/discovery/coronado.h
  tml

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Francisco Pizarro
Bibliography

• http//library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/pizarro.htm
  
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/p/
  pizarro.shtml
• http//www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0839247.html
  
• http//www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/gr5web/c5r/explor
  er_reports/wbender.htm

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Bibliography
http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/b/
balboa.shtml http//www.win.tue.nl/engels/discov
ery/balboa.html http//library.thinkquest.org/J00
2678F/balboa.htm http//www.czbrats.com/MiNombre/
vnbalboa.htm
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Hernando Cortez
Bibliography
http//ntap.k12.ca.us/whs/projects/history/cortez.
html http//library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/corte
z.htm http//www.cdli.ca/CITE/excortes.htm http
//coloquio.com/famosos/cortes.htm
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Ferdinand Magellan
Bibliography
http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/m/
magellan.shtml http//library.thinkquest.org/J002
678F/magellan.htm http//www.cdli.ca/CITE/exmagel
lan.htm http//www.studyworld.com/ferdinand_magel
lan.htm
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Christopher Columbus
Bibliography
http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/
columbus.shtml http//library.thinkquest.org/J002
678F/columbus.htm http//www.cdli.ca/CITE/excolum
bus.htm http//muweb.millersville.edu/columbus/c
olumbus.html
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Hernando De Soto
Bibliography
http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/
desoto.shtml http//library.thinkquest.org/J00267
8F/de_soto.htm http//www.floridahistory.com/inse
t11.html
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Amerigo Vespucci
Bibliography
http//www.studyworld.com/Amerigo_Vespucci.htm ht
tp//library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/vespucci.htm
http//library.thinkquest.org/4034/vespucci.html
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Juan Ponce de Leon
Bibliography
http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/
deleon.shtml http//library.thinkquest.org/J00267
8F/ponce_de_leon.htm http//www.factmonster.com/c
e6/people/A0839647.html
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John Cabot
Bibliography
http//www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/cabot.html
http//library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/john_cabot.
htm http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/pa
ge/c/cabot.shtml
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Jacques Cartier
Bibliography
http//www.cdli.ca/CITE/excartier.htm http//www.
collectionscanada.ca/explorers/kids/h3-1320-e.html
http//library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/jacques_c
artier.htm
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Giovanni Da Verrazano
Bibliography
http//www.italianhistorical.org/verrazzano.htm
http//www.pocanticohills.org/explorers/verrazan
o.htm http//www.u-s-history.com/pages/h534.html
http//www.mrnussbaum.com/verrazano.htm