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JOHN CABOT
JUAN PONCE
de LEON
VASCO
NUNEZ de
BALBOA
HENRY
HUDSON
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CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS
What was Columbus’s radical
idea about reaching the Indies?
Sail west across the
Atlantic Ocean
Who finally financed
Columbus’s 1492 voyage?
Queen Isabella and King
Ferdinand of Spain
How many ships were
provided to Columbus and
what were they called?
Three; The Niña, the Pinta,
and the Santa Maria
When did Columbus and
his crews reach land? How
long had they been at sea?
October 12, 1492; six weeks
Where had they landed? What
did Columbus declare?
What is now called San Salvador;
That the land now belonged to
Spain
How did Cabot’s idea about
reaching the Indies differ from
Columbus’s?
Sailing farther North (because of
the curvature of the Earth) would
be a shorter trip
Why did English King Henry VII
authorize Cabot’s 1497
voyage?
Because he wanted to catch up to
Spain and Portugal in exploration
Where had Cabot and his crew
landed when he thought that
they had reached the Indies?
What did he do?
Newfoundland; Named it
Newfounde Lande and claimed
the land for England
Where was Cabot trying to go
during his second journey in
1498? How many ships and
men did he set out with on this
trip?
Japan; Five ships and 200 men
What happened on this journey?
One ship stopped for repairs in Ireland.
The other four ships (including the one
with Cabot on it) were never seen nor
heard from again.
Who did Juan Ponce De Leon
accompany on their second
voyage to the Americas in
1493?
Christopher Columbus
What country did Ponce De
Leon represent?
Spain
What was Ponce De Leon in
search of during his 1513
expedition?
The “Fountain of Youth”
What did Ponce De Leon call
the land that he spotted on
March 27th, 1513?
“Tierra La Florida” – “land of the flowers”
How did Ponce De Leon and
his crew figure out that Florida
was a giant peninsula?
They spent five months sailing
around it’s eastern coast, the key
islands, and its western coast
What country did Vasco
Núñez de Balboa represent?
Spain
What did Balboa hope to find
and conquer?
A rich empire and the “South
Sea”
What did Balboa do after King
Ferdinand appointed someone
else general? And in what
year?
Led his own force of 190 men
through the jungles and swamps
of Panama; 1513
What did Balboa and his men
actually find?
The Pacific Ocean
What year was Balboa’s most
famous expedition?
1513
Why were the French and the
English determined to find the
Northwest Passage?
They wanted to find a route to
the “Indies” so that they could
compete with Spain and
Portugal who had conquered
much land and had grown
wealthy from trade
Where did Henry Hudson
conduct his search for the
“Northwest Passage”?
The North Atlantic Ocean
Why did Hudson lose support
from England after his first two
voyages in 1607 and 1608?
He was forced to turn back on
both voyages because of icy
conditions.
Who funded Hudson’s 1609
voyage? What about his 1610
voyage on the Discovery?
The Dutch; the English
What did Hudson’s crew do in
June, 1611? What happened
to Hudson?
They mutinied; they forced Hudson,
his son, and seven sailors into a
small boat and set it adrift in the
freezing waters of what is now
called Hudson Bay