Transcript Big Ten Explorers

Six Explorers
SS4H2 Describe European exploration in North America.
a. Describe the reasons for, obstacles to, and accomplishments of
the Spanish, French, and English explorations of John Cabot, Vasco
Nunez Balboa, Juan Ponce de Leon, Christopher Columbus, Henry
Hudson, and Jacques Cartier.
Christopher Columbus
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Sailed for Spain (King
Ferdinand and Queen
Isabella
Sailed west to reach
Asia and the Indies
Landed on the
Bahamas
Made 4 trips
Never knew he was on
a new continent
John Cabot
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Sailed for England
Was looking for a
North West Passage to
the East Indies
Landed on coast of
Newfoundland
Claimed North
America for England
Juan Ponce de Leon
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1st to land on the
mainland of North
America
Looking for “fountain
of youth”
Established St.
Augustine, Florida
Henry Hudson
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Sailed for Holland
Explored New York
and Canada
Hudson Bay is named
for him
His crew mutinied &
forced him off his ship
Jacques Cartier
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Sailed for France
Claimed Canada for
France
1st European to
describe and map the
Gulf of Saint
Lawrence and the
Saint Lawrence River
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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Spanish Explorer
1st European to cross
the Isthmus of Panama
to the Pacific Ocean in
1513
Claimed Pacific Ocean
and adjoining lands
for Spain
Columbian Exchange
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From America
 Corn
Potatoes
Beans
Chocolate
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Chocolate comes
from the seed of
the cacao tree.
Buffalo
Beaver
Parrots
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Oranges
Onions
Sheep
Horses
Cattle
Honeybees
Pigs
Chickens
Diseases
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Small Pox
Influenza
Measles