Explorers

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Explorers

• By
• Ms. Feeneys Fifth Grade Class
• 2006-2007

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Francisco Pizarro
Born-Died 1478-1541
Nationality Spanish Explorer
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Accomplishments

• Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire.
• He found Panama City.
• He also found Peru.
• In 1532, he found San Miguel.

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Another Fact

• Pizarro killed many people and after he died they
  didn't give him a correct funeral because he was
  so bad.

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Pizarro's voyage
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Nationality-Italian
Amerigo Vespucci
Born/1454 Died/1512
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Amerigo Vespucci

• North and South America were named after him
• Went south and became first European to see
  Brazil and explored the mouth of the Amazon River
• Discovered continent between Europe and Asia
• Martin Wald See Muller suggested naming these
  continents after him to honor his expeditions

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More Facts

• As a boy astronomy interested him
• Amerigo Vespucci went to the Bahamas and took 200
  Native Americans back to be slaves.
• He supplied Columbus with tools and food on his
  third and fourth voyages to the New World.

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Amerigo Vespucci around the World.
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Ferdinand Magellan
I480 1521
Portuguese
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Ferdinand Magellan

• Ferdinand was the first explorer to lead an
  expedition around the world.
• Magellan always wanted to be an explorer since
  his childhood.

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Ferdinand Magellan

• He never made it to Spice Island, he was caught
  in a war in the Philippians.
• They faced a group of natives who killed him.
• After he died his crew burned the ship.
• Out of 250 men only 25 remained and he was NOT
  one of them.

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Magellan's Voyage
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Juan Ponce de Leon

1460-1521
Spanish
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Juan Ponce de Leon

• First European to set foot in Florida
• Discovered the Gulf Stream
• Sailed on Columbus's voyage in 1493
• Searched for Fountain of Youth and riches

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Astonishing Facts

• Fountain of Youth- a legendary place where you
  supposedly gives you eternal youth and health
• It is said that the Fountain of Youth is located
  in Bimini, an island in the Bahamas
• Juan Ponce de Leon died from his wounds. The
  injuries were from Native Americans who shot him.

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Area Ponce de Leon Explored
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Hernando De Soto
1500-1542

Spanish Province of Extremadura ,Spain
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Hernando De Soto

• Hernando killed Atahualpa the ruler of the Incas
• He led the first expedition across the
  Southeastern U.S.

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Hernando De Soto

• He was invited to go on an expedition to Peru
  with Francisco Pizarro.
• He crossed the the Appalachians, Mississippi
  River, Ozark Mountains,and more!

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Hernando's exploration
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Christopher Columbus
Born 1451 Died 1506
Nationality Spanish and Italian
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Christopher Columbus's Accomplishments

• He was the first European since the Vikings to
  find the New World.
• Columbus made a promise to himself when old
  enough to travel to sea,he would become a sailor.
  He did, at fourteen years old!

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Fascinating Facts

• Columbus was the oldest of five children.
• He was able to swim six miles after the French
  pirates attacked his ships.
• No matter what happened, he still loved the sea!

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Map of His Voyage
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Hernando Cortez

• Hernando Cortez was born in 1485 in Medellin,
  Southwestern Spain.
• He was a Spanish explorer.

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Cortez's Accomplishments

• Hernando Cortez led a successful life. He wiped
  out the whole Aztec Empire. He was also mistaken
  for former king of the Aztecs, Quetzalcoatl.
  Moctezuma gave him riches thinking that Cortez
  was the god who promised to return. Then Cortez
  took advantage of the Aztec Leader Moctezuma and
  his fellow people. War then broke out. Moctezuma
  tried to calm his people, but got struck with a
  stone. The Tabascan Indians and more Europeans
  came to help the Spanish. Cortez had conquered
  what is now Mexico.

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Another Fact

• Before Cortez conquered the Aztecs, he came to
  the Tabascan Indians in Mexico. They fought for a
  while against each other. The Tabascans got
  startled by the cannons. They also thought that
  the Spanish and the horses they rode were one
  creature.

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Cortez's Route
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Born in Jerez de los Caballeros,Spain in 1475 and
died in 1519
His nationality was Spanish.
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Accomplishments

• Balboa founded the first European settlement in
  South America.
• Balboa was the first European to see the Eastern
  part of the Pacific Ocean crossing the Isthmus of
  Panama.

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Other facts

• He married the daughter of Careta,the local
  Indian Chief
• He had a dog named Leoncico.
• Spain accused Balboa of treason. He was set up
  by his friend.
• Balboa was found guilty and was beheaded.

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Map of Voyage
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Francisco Vasquez De Coronado
1510-1554
Spanish
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Francisco Vasquez De Coronado

• Francisco discovered the Southwestern part of the
  United States, including the Grand Canyon.
• He was later accused of abusing Indians. All
  charges were eventually removed, but he lost his
  place of governor.

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Facts

• He was a governor of New Galicia.
• He failed in his quest for treasure to enrich the
  Spanish empire.
• He set out in 1950, joined by a large expedition
  of 340 Spanish, 300 Indian allies, 1,000 slaves,
  and both native slaves and Africans, but he came
  back with only 100 of his men.
• He remained governor even though his expedition
  was a failure.

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Hernado Cortez
Born-Died
1485 December 2nd, 1547
Nationality
Spanish
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Major Accomplishments

• One major accomplishment was when Hernando Cortez
  was a Spanish Conquistador and defeated the
  Aztec Empire.
• Cortez went exploring to find gold.
  Unfortunately he was unsuccessful with his task
  of finding goods.

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More Facts

• In the year of 1521, Cortez conquared the city
  of the Aztecs. Cortez built a city from the
  ruins of the Aztecs buildings and temples. There
  he started the wonderful, and magnificant city
  of.... Mexico City!
• Cortez was in a war against the Tabasco Indians.
  The Tabasco Indians out numbered Cortez' s army.
  In the middle of the war, Cortez brought out the
  horses and cannons. The cannons loud thundering
  startled the Indians. Also, the Indians thought
  that the people riding the horses were one
  person.

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Class Bibliography

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
• Francisco Pizarro
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Hernando Cortez
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Hernando De Soto
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• John Cabot
• Jacques Cartier
• Giovanni Da Verrazano

Click on the individual explorer to see their
bibliography
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Bibliography

• http//library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/coronado.ht
  m
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/
  coronado.shtml
• http//www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronad
  o.htm
• http//www.win.tue.nl/engels/discovery/coronado.h
  tml

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Francisco Pizarro
Bibliography

• http//library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/pizarro.htm
  
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/p/
  pizarro.shtml
• http//www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0839247.html
  
• http//www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/gr5web/c5r/explor
  er_reports/wbender.htm

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Bibliography
http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/b/
balboa.shtml http//www.win.tue.nl/engels/discov
ery/balboa.html http//library.thinkquest.org/J00
2678F/balboa.htm http//www.czbrats.com/MiNombre/
vnbalboa.htm
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Hernando Cortez
Bibliography
http//ntap.k12.ca.us/whs/projects/history/cortez.
html http//library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/corte
z.htm http//www.cdli.ca/CITE/excortes.htm http
//coloquio.com/famosos/cortes.htm
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Ferdinand Magellan
Bibliography
http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/m/
magellan.shtml http//library.thinkquest.org/J002
678F/magellan.htm http//www.cdli.ca/CITE/exmagel
lan.htm http//www.studyworld.com/ferdinand_magel
lan.htm
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Christopher Columbus
Bibliography
http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/
columbus.shtml http//library.thinkquest.org/J002
678F/columbus.htm http//www.cdli.ca/CITE/excolum
bus.htm http//muweb.millersville.edu/columbus/c
olumbus.html
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Hernando De Soto
Bibliography
http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/
desoto.shtml http//library.thinkquest.org/J00267
8F/de_soto.htm http//www.floridahistory.com/inse
t11.html
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Amerigo Vespucci
Bibliography
http//www.studyworld.com/Amerigo_Vespucci.htm ht
tp//library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/vespucci.htm
http//library.thinkquest.org/4034/vespucci.html
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Juan Ponce de Leon
Bibliography
http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/
deleon.shtml http//library.thinkquest.org/J00267
8F/ponce_de_leon.htm http//www.factmonster.com/c
e6/people/A0839647.html
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John Cabot
Bibliography
http//www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/cabot.html
http//library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/john_cabot.
htm http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/pa
ge/c/cabot.shtml
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Jacques Cartier
Bibliography
http//www.cdli.ca/CITE/excartier.htm http//www.
collectionscanada.ca/explorers/kids/h3-1320-e.html
http//library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/jacques_c
artier.htm
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Giovanni Da Verrazano
Bibliography
http//www.italianhistorical.org/verrazzano.htm
http//www.pocanticohills.org/explorers/verrazan
o.htm http//www.u-s-history.com/pages/h534.html
http//www.mrnussbaum.com/verrazano.htm