early explorers of north america. columbus august 3, 1492 set sail with the nina, pinta, and santa...
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Ponce de Leon Explored Florida in 1513TRANSCRIPT
Early Explorers of Early Explorers of North AmericaNorth America
Columbus
August 3, 1492 set sail with the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
Arrived in the Bahamas, October 12For the next 50 years, other Spanish
explorers followed
Ponce de Leon
Explored Florida in 1513
Balboa
Crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513
Magellan Began circumnavigation of the world
in 1519
CortesConquered the Aztecs by 1521
PizarroConquered the Incas of Peru
Coronado Explored Texas, 1540 - 1542
English Exploration
John Cabot
May have reached Newfoundland in 1497
The Lost Colony
Walter Raleigh
Tried to establish a colony in 1585 – failed
Tried again in 1587 on Roanoke Island, NC
Returned in 1590 to find everyone gone – the “Lost Colony of Roanoke”
JamestownEstablished in 1607 as an economic
venture
Jamestown
Puritans (the Pilgrims)
These “Separatists” settled Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620
Puritans
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Settled in 1630