Unit 5 explorers

Who led 7 expeditions

• James Cook

• Christopher Columbus

• Zheng He

• Vasco da Gama

Who discovered a direct route to India

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Samuel de Champlain

• Bartolomeu Dias

Who sailed around the southern tip of South America

• James Cook

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

Who was responsible for making detailed charts and maps

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• James Cook

• Samuel de Champlain

Who opened the way for European colonization of the Americas

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

• James Cook

Who and 32 colonists found Quebec

• Vasco da Gama

• James Cook

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Samuel de Champlain

Who opened a route to Asia

• Bartolomeu Dias

• James Cook

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus