Famous Explorers

An English explorer who travelled completely around the world (circumnavigate)

An Italian who travelled to Asia and China looking for spices

An Italian explorer who sailed for Spain and discovered the New World

A Spanish explorer who conquered the Incan natives that in Peru

A Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs that lived in Mexico

An English explorer who discovered the coast of Canada and set up the first European colony in Canada

A French explorer who made alliances with the natives of Canada and set up a French colony in Canada

An English explorer who discovered the Hudson Bay and Hudson River in Canada

A English explorer who discovered the continent of Australia and set up a penal colony there

A member of the Portuguese royal family who established a school that taught people how to navigate the seas

A Portuguese explorer who found a sea route from Portugal to Asia by going south around Africa

A Spanish explorer who was the first European to explore the state of Florida