European Explorers

I was the Prince of the Kingdom of Portugal.

• Prince Charles

• Prince Henry

• Prince Drake

• Prince

I famous for being the first Englishman to successfully sailing around the world fom 1577 to 1580

• Ponce De Leon

• Vasco Da Gama

• Francis Drake

• Ferdinand Magellan

I was the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.

• Jacques Cartier

• Queen Elizabeth

• Zheng He

• Vasco Da Gama

My extraordinary ability and vision found brilliant expression in the great achievements of my life, including maritime exploration, foreign diplomacy, and military affairs.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Zheng He

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

I am a Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and the first to cross the Pacific.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco Da Gama

• Queen Elizabeth

• Zheng He

I am Italian but my voyages were funded by Queen Isabella of Spain. I landed in San Salvador.

• Vasco Da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Francis Drake

I sailed from France up the northeastern coast of North America to Nova Scotia in 1524

• Henry Hudson

• Francis Drake

• Prince Henry

• Giovanni da Verrazzano

I am an Italian explorer and navigator who was among the first to think of sailing westward to reach the riches of Asia.

• Zheng He

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan

I became the first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia.

• Jaques Cartier

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Zheng He

• Francis Drake

I am a French explorer who claimed present-day Canada for France in 1534. I was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of the Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which I named "The Country of Canadas."

• Jacques Cartier

• Prince Henry

• Francis Drake

• Henry Hudson