European Explorers List

These are the explorers you may choose to research. If you have an explorer that is not on this list that you are interested in learning about, ask your teacher for permission. No two groups may do their project on the same explorer.

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Francisco Pizzaro
• Vasco de Gama
• Bartholomeu Dias (Diaz)
• Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
• Hernando Cortez
• Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca
• Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
• Jaques Cartier
• Samuel de Champlain
• Henry Hudson
• Father Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet
• Leif Erikson (Vikings)
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• John Cabot
• Robert de La Salle
• Hernando de Soto
• Amerigo Vespucci