Explorers and Conquerors

1. Christopher Columbus

1.1. 1492 Discovered America

1.2. Europen Explorer from Genoa

1.3. Mapped out a route to North America

1.4. Wanted a Northwest Passage to Asia

2. Marco Polo

2.1. Born: September 15, 1254

2.2. Traveled Across West Indies and China

2.3. Book: Livres des merveilles du monde

2.3.1. (Book of the Marvels of the World)

2.4. From Venice, Italy

3. Francisco Pizzaro

3.1. Conquered the Inca Empire

3.2. Pizarro sailed from Spain on November 10, 1509

3.3. Is a spanish conquistador

3.4. Had three expeditions

4. Erik the Red

4.1. Lived from 950 – 1003

4.2. A Norwegian Viking

4.3. Discovered Greenland

4.4. In Eystribyggð built respected and wealthy image

4.5. Had four children: , Freydís, Leif Eiríksson, Thorvald, and Thorstein

5. Vasco da Gama

5.1. A Portuguese explorer

5.2. First European to reach India by sea

5.3. Expedition - 1497–1499

5.4. Went to Goa and Calicut