1. EUROPEAN EXPLORERS WHII.4a

2. Explorers: Portugal  Bartholomeu Dias  Goal: find the southern tip of Africa  Result: Proved ships could reach Asia by sailing around Africa

3. Explorers: Portugal  Vasco da Gama  Goal: find water route to Asia  Result: pioneered water route to India

4. Explorers: Spain  Christopher Columbus  Goal: reach Asia by sailing west across Atlantic Ocean  Result: 1 st European to the Americas

5. Explorers: Spain  Hernando Cortez  Conquistador  Goal: claim land for Spain  Result: conquered Aztecs in Mexico

6. Explorers: Spain  Francisco Pizarro  Conquistador  Goal: claim land for Spain  Result: conquered Incas in Peru

7. Explorers: Spain  Ferdinand Magellan  Goal: Find western water route to Asia  Result: His crew was 1 st to circumnavigate the globe  Proved the earth was round

8. Explorers: England  Francis Drake  Goal: compete with Spanish & Portuguese  Result: 1 st Englishman to circumnavigate the globe

9. Explorers: France  Jacques Cartier  Goal: search for a Northwest Passage through America to Asia  Result: explored and claimed Canada for France