Explorers and Conquerors

1. Christopher Columbus

1.1. Discovered New World

1.2. Four Voyages

1.3. Discovery on October 12th, 1492

1.4. Died in 1503

1.5. Funded by Spain to find India

1.6. Italian navigator

2. Bartholomeu Dias

2.1. 1450-1500

2.2. Cape of Good Hope in 1488

2.3. First European to sail around CGH

2.4. Portuguese Explorer

3. John Cabot

3.1. Sailed to Canada in 1497

3.2. First European to explore North America

3.3. First to search for Northwest Passage

3.3.1. 1450-1499

3.4. Italian Explorer and Navigator

4. Hernan Cortes

4.1. Sailed to West Indies

4.2. Established Veracruz

4.2.1. First Spanish Colony

4.3. Conquered Aztec Empire

4.3.1. 1518

4.4. Spanish Conquistador

5. Francisco Pizarro

5.1. Conquered Inca Empire

5.1.1. Named Peru's Capital, Lima

5.1.2. 1532

5.2. Helped discover the Pacific Ocean

5.2.1. 1513

5.3. Spanish Conquistador