Some Famous Renaissance Explorers
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci Sir Walter Raleigh Bartolomeu Dias John Cabot Samuel de Champlain Vasco Nunez de Balboa Hernando De Soto |
1480-1521
1451-1506 1454-1512 1552-1618 1457-1500 1450-1499 1574-1635 1475-1519 1500-1542 |
First to circumnavigate the world
Discovered America America's namesake Established the Virginia colony of Roanoke Island First European Explorer to sail around the Cape of Good Hope The second explorer to find North America Founder of Quebec City, Known as "The Father of Canada" First European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean from its eastern shore First European explorer to explore Florida and Southeast America |