Amerigo Vespucci: He explores the coastline of South America, He goes up the Amazon, He provides correct measurements of the Earth, Two new continents are named after him, Juan Ponce de Leon: He is the first European to find Florida, He names the newly discovered land La Florida (the place with many flowers), He noticed the Gulfstream, Hernando de Soto: He is the first European to see the Mississippi, He crosses the Mississippi and explores the lands to the west of it, He had his own fleet of ships to search for gold, He helped to conquer the Incas, Christopher Columbus: He sails on three ships to find the western route to Asia , He sets sail in August 1492, He used to sell maps as a child, He was born in Genoa, John Cabot: He noticed plenty of fish in the sea, He got 10 pounds for discovering the northern route to 'Asia', He wanted to sail for Spain, but the Spanish king had already given all the money to another explorer, Leif Eriksson: He got to America accidentally, blown there by a storm, He named the land Vinland, He studied in Norway and became a Christian there,

Leaderboard

Visual style

Options

Switch template

Continue editing: ?