World History, Grades 9-12

Tenochtitlán

(Mexico City)

St. Augustine

Jamestown

Plymouth

Santa Fe

Veracruz Santo Domingo

ENGLAND

SPAIN

PORTUGAL

FRANCE

CUBA

HISPANIOLA

CANARY

ISLANDS

MADEIRA

ICELAND

GREENLAND

NORTH

AMERICA

SOUTH

AMERICA

AFRICA

EUROPE

Columbus 1492Verrazzano 1524

Cartier 1534–35

Cabot 1497

Hudson 1609

Hudson

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Balboa
1510–13
Pizarro
1530–33
Ponce de León
1512–13
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Vespucci
1499
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Cabrillo

1542–43

Coronado

1540–42

Cabeza de Vaca

1535–36

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De Soto

1539–42

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ATLANTIC

OCEAN

PACIFIC

OCEAN

Gulf

of Mexico

Hudson

Bay

Caribbean Sea

120 ̊ W

40 ̊W 0 ̊

80 ̊W

40 ̊ N

40 ̊ S

0 ̊ Equator

Spanish

Explorers’ Routes

French

English

Portuguese

Dutch

0

0

1,000 Miles

2,000 Kilometers

European Exploration of the Americas, 1492–1682

GEOGRAPHY SKILLBUILDER: Interpreting Maps

1.MovementHow many different voyages did Columbus make to the Americas?

2.RegionWhich general region did the Spanish and Portuguese explore? Where did the

English, Dutch, and French explore?

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