Explorers and conquerors

1. Ferdinand Magellan

1.1. Born February 3, 1480 in Portugal

1.2. he explored Malacca, located in present-day Malaysia.

1.3. Magellan religiously studied all of the navigation charts.

1.4. accused of trading illegally with the Moors

1.5. Magellan was killed in battle on April 27, 1521.

1.6. First European to cross the Pacific Ocean

2. Giovanni da Verrazzano

2.1. Italian explorer of Northern America

2.2. 1485-1528

2.3. On April 17, 1524, his ship entered the Bay of New York

2.4. In March 1528, Verrazzano left France on his final voyage

2.5. added knowledge to the East Coast of North America

2.6. worked for King Francis I of France

3. Francis Duke

3.1. born around 1540-1544 in Devonshire, England

3.2. helped defeat the Spanish Armada of 1588

3.3. was sent to fight the Spanish in late 1577.

3.4. He circumnavigate the world in 1580

3.5. January 28, 1596, died of a fever

3.6. Worked and voyaged with Queen Elizabeth

4. Columbus

4.1. In 1492, he sailed across the Atlantic from Spain.

4.2. Born in Genoa, Italy. (c. 1451 to May 20, 1506)

4.3. Italian explorer and navigator

4.4. His first ship was burnt down

4.5. Columbus made a route to sail west across the Atlantic to reach Asia.

4.6. After 36 days, they arrived in present day Bahamas.

5. Amerigo Vespucci

5.1. Born March 9, 1454 in Florence, Italy.

5.2. Died February 22, 1512 in Seville, Spain.

5.3. first person to recognize North and South America as distinct continents

5.4. Named places he saw thinking that he was in Asia.

5.5. 1501 voyage and recognition of South America

5.6. "America" is a feminized version of Vespucci's first name.

6. John Smith

6.1. Born January 1580, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

6.2. English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, and author

6.3. Smith was allegedly accused of mutiny and almost hanged

6.4. arrived with the group at Chesapeake Bay in April 1607.

6.5. Smith helped overturn the leadership of colony president Edward Wingfield

6.6. In 1614, he came up with the name "New England