2. ExplorerCountry of OriginDateDiscovery Leif Ericson and VikingsNorway1001Newfoundland Christopher ColumbusSpain1492San Salvador and West Indies John CabotEngland1497 Greenland, Labrador and Newfoundland Amerigo VespucciSpain1497-1502 South America and West Indies Vasco de BalboaSpain1513The Pacific Ocean Ferdinand MagellanSpain1509-1522First to sail around the World Juan Ponce de LeonSpain1513Florida Hernando CortezSpain1519-1521Mexico Jacques CartierFrance1535The St. Lawrence River Juan Rodriguez CabrilloSpain1542California Sir Francis DrakeEngland1577-1580Explorations around the World Samuel de ChamplainFrance1603The Great Lakes and Quebec Henry HudsonThe Netherlands1609Hudson Bay

3. Which countries were the most stable at the end of the Reformation? Look at your notes from the Reformation Map Study and list them. Which countries sent explorers to the New World during the Age of Exploration? Which country is missing? What theory do you have that could explain this?

4. Which countries were the most stable at the end of the Reformation? Look at your notes from the Reformation Map Study and list them. Which countries sent explorers to the New World during the Age of Exploration? Which country is missing? What theory do you have that could explain this? The answer—Portugal sent a tremendous number of explorers. However, where did they mostly go?

5. ExplorerCountry of OriginDateDiscovery Antão GonçalvesPortugal1441West Africa Antonio Da NoliPortugal1460Cape Verde Islands Diogo de AzambujaPortugal1481West Africa Diogo CãoPortugal1485Congo River Bartholomew DiazPortugal1500Cape of Good Hope Pedro Álvares CabralPortugal1500Brazil Alfonso de AbreuPortugal1510Indonesia Alfonso d'AlbuquerquePortugal1510India Duarte FernandesPortugal1511Thailand Francisco AlvaresPortugal1515Ethiopia Cristovão de MendonçaPortugal1520Australia Vasco da GamaPortugal1524Circumnavigation Fernão Pires de Andrade Portugal1577China

6. What places were discovered by Europeans? List as many as you can.

8. Hmmmm…which of the uninhabited places actually discovered by Europeans have you actually heard of before today?