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Questions
1. When and where was John Cabot born?
He was born in 1450.Genoa, Italy
2. How many sons did Cabot have?
Three
3. Where did Cabot die?
He died at sea not on a country
Christopher Columbus
- Born: 1451
- Birthplace: Genoa, Italy
2. In what year did Columbus set sail on his first voyage?
He sailed west instead of east because he didn't know the existence of North and South America. Thats why he bumped into the Americas and thought it was the East Indies.3. When did Columbus die?
Columbus died on the 20th of may 1506 in Spain.Sir Francis drake
1. What year was Sir Francis Drake born?
Sir Francis Drake was born in Tavistock, Devon, England, in February or March of 1540.
2. What nickname did the Spanish traders call Drake?
El Draque Sea Dog and Master Thief
3. Where did Drake's life end?
Jacques Cartier
1. When and where was Jacques Cartier born?
- Born: 1491
- Birthplace: St. Malo, Brittany (now France)
2. What ocean did Cartier cross on his first voyage?
Jacques Cartier went to the St. Lawrence river and landed in Canada. Before Jacques Cartier was there, it was not named Canada. Jacques Cartier named it Canada and this is why we have our place called Canada. This is where his first voyage was.
3. Where did Cartier spend his final years?
Canada
Vasco da Gama
1. When and where was Vasco da Gama born?- Born: ca. 1469
- Birthplace: Sines, Portugal
2. How many ships did da Gama take on his second voyage to India?
Vasco da Gama took four ships, including a smaller one, used for keeping the provisions.3. What important event happened to da Gama in 1524?
He was named Viceroy of India in 1524 and travelled to Goa.Juan Ponce
1. 1. When and where was Juan Ponce de Leon born?
born 1460, Tierra de Campos Palencia, Leon
2. What official position did de Leon hold in Puerto Rico?
The seventh elected govenor
3. Where was de Leon buried?
In Plattenville
Henry Hudson
1. When and where was Henry Hudson born?
In Hertfordshire, England on September 12, 1570.
2. What natural feature blocked Hudson from completing his first voyage?
King Francis the 1st sponsered him so he could claim more land, but even thogh Henry Hudson gave that land to him, he named it after himself:The Hudson River and The Hudson Bay!!!!!!!3. On which voyage did Hudson discover a large bay (which at the time he thought was an
ocean)?
Hudson River and Hudson Bay
He was born in china around the same time george bush was , 1478
2. What ocean did Magellan discover and how was it named?
Magellan's expedition was the first to successfully sail around the whole world (although only 18 out of 257 managed to return, and Magellan himself got killed on the way), and quite a few places and animals they found were previously unknown to Europeans.
3. How did Magellan die?
He was hit by a poison arrow. It says that Lapu-Lapu killed Magellan but the truth is that Lapu-Lapu dint really killed him. Magellan was hit by a poison arrow by one of Lapu-Lapu's soldier/comrade. Lapu-Lapu only did is to do the finishing strike on Magellan.Amerigo Vesspucci
1. When and where was Amerigo Vespucci born?
- Born: 9 March 1454
- Birthplace: Florence, Italy
2. How many voyages did Vespucci make?
2 or 3 or 43. Who was the first European explorer to realize America was a New World?
Christoph Collon
1. When and where was Vasco Nunez de Balboa born? 1475 in Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, Spain
2. What continents did Balboa visit on his first voyage? north american continent
3. Why was Balboa executed? suffered a premature death
1. When and where was Samuel de Champlain born? He was born in Brouge, France in 1565
2. On what part of North America did Champlain land during his first voyage? Canada
3. When and how did Champlain die? 1635 by stricken with paralysis and stroke
1. When and where was Francisco Pizarro born? 1475 in trujillo extremudo Spain
2. What coast of Central and South America did Pizarro explore? Lima in Peru
3. Why was Pizarro assassinated? by one of Almagro's followers
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