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Who AM I? The Explorers
54321
109876
1514131211
2019181716
He sailed from Puerto Rico and explored Florida. Some history books say he was looking for the fountain of youth.
Juan Ponce de León
He led an expedition through the American Southeast in search of
gold. He became the first European to see the
Mississippi River.
Hernando De Soto
He set out to find a route to the Indies by sailing
around the southern tip of South America. His crew completed the first known voyage around the world
after he was killed.
Ferdinand Magellan
He kidnapped Taino people and brought them back to Spain.
Christopher Columbus
His forces conquered the
Inca empire ruled by
Atahualpa.
Francisco Pizarro
He led an expedition across Central America to what later was named the Pacific Ocean.
Vasco Núñez de
Balboa
He was a sailor on the voyage around the world with
Magellan. We know a lot about the voyage because he
kept a journal of the trip.
Antonio Pigafetta
This explorer met the Pueblo people and saw the Grand Canyon, but never found gold.
Francisco Coronado
He sailed around the tip of Africa and opened up trade between Portugal and Asia.
Vasco da
Gama
Shipwrecked during an expedition from Cuba, he reached what is now Texas in 1528. He became the first Spaniard to explore Texas.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
This Portuguese explorer believed that
he was exploring a new continent, not Asia.
Amerigo Vespucci
This Tlaxcalan woman acted as a translator between
Cortes and Moctezuma.
Doña Marina
(or Malinche)
After he sailed around the tip of South America,
he entered an ocean that had been
discovered by Balboa. He named it “Pacific”
because it was peaceful.
Ferdinand Magellan
He was the first European to step foot in Florida. Spain claimed Florida because of his explorations.
Juan Ponce de León
North and South
America were named
after him.
Amerigo Vespucci
He explored the American Southwest in search of the rumored Seven Cities of Gold.
He claimed the land he explored for Spain.
Francisco Coronado
Emperor Moctezuma believed this
explorer might be the
returning god Quetzecoatl.
Hernando
Cortés
After winning a war with his brother, this Inca
leader was captured by Pizarro. He was held for ransom and later killed.
Atahualpa
He sailed with three ships, and was the
captain of the largest one, the Santa Maria.
Christopher Columbus
He led an expedition from Cuba to Mexico that ended with the conquest of Moctezuma and the Aztec.
Hernando Cortes