(Mexico) with a small band of his men, the Aztecs misunderstood why they were there. In the 1500s, when the Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortes, entered Aztec territory They got lucky! Read the story of Francisco Pizarro and the IncasĬortes was a Spanish explorer. They knew they had very little chance of success. Pizarro and his men planned all night how to escape. This was a civilization, and an organized one.Īlthough their welcome was warm, they were worried they would be Pizarro knew they were in trouble the minute he entered the city. Pizarro and the Incas: Pizarro was a Spanish explorer.Īrrived in the Inca capital city, high in the Andes Mountains of He soon realized his mistake, and enjoyed manyĪdventures exploring the New World, and much fame at home. But, likeĬolumbus, Cabot thought he had successfully discovered a back door to China. He He claimed land in what wouldīecome Canada for England, because England paid for the cost of trip.
In 1497,įive (5) years after Columbus, Cabot sailed away from England, looking for aīack door to China, just as Columbus had done. His family moved to England when he was a kid. The New World was named after his good friend, and fellow explorer, Amerigo (So stubborn!) Columbus did not mind at all that When the topic came up in his hearing,Ĭolumbus took every opportunity to point out that he did not find a New World Still, for many years, some people accused Vespucius of trying to Most historians todayĪgree that Vespucci had nothing to do with the New World being named America in The name quickly caught on and spread through Europe. World after Amerigo (Americus) Vespucius. It was a map maker in Germany who named the New He sailed thousands of miles along theĪtlantic shore of the New World. Once admitted that he had found a New World. He was well paid for his trip.Ĭolumbus was highly respected and, thanks to hisĪdventures, he was also quite wealthy.
The round trip, including his adventures in the New Though Lief Erickson discovered it about 500 years earlier, and NativeĪmericans found it much earlier than that. He is credited with discovering America, even But the Viking settlers missed their homeland, andĬolumbus was an Italian explorer. Sailed across the sea and landed in North America 500 years BEFORE Columbus.
He was tall and blonde and young and brave. One famous Norse (Viking) explorer was Leif Eriksson. Here are some famousĮxplorers, each who experienced quite an adventure! Hardships, and some never make it back to tell their tales. Have some important things in common - they face the unknown, they suffer People become explorers for many reasons.
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