Chapter 1 US History

A few years after my trip to China and other parts of Asia, I told a fellow prisoner about my adventures

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando Cortez

• John Cabot

I set sail from Spain with 270 men and five ships. Three years later, one of my ships arrived home with only eighteen original crew members left.

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando Cortez

• John Cabot

I disobeyed the governor of Cuba and conquered the strongest Indian tribe in Mexico

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando Cortez

• John Cabot

I was the English queen for whom Virginia was named

• Queen Elizabeth

• Christopher Columbus

• Sir Francis Drake

• Juan Ponce de Leon

I, Giovanni, reached Newfoundland in search of a passage to China. To the English, I was known by a different name

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Sir Francis Drake

• Juan Ponce de Leon

I thought I could sail three thousand miles west to reach Japan, but my calculations were faulty

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Sir Francis Drake

• Juan Ponce de Leon

I was an English Sea Dog. The Spanish viewed me as a pirate.

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Sir Francis Drake

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Sailing on behalf of Spain, I was the first to explore the Florida peninsula in 1513

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Francisco de Coronado

• Sir Francis Drake

• Juan Ponce de Leon

A German mapmaker named the New World after me instead of after Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Francisco de Coronado

• Sir Francis Drake

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Searching for the Seven Cities of Gold, I found the Grand Canyon

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Francisco de Coronado

• Sir Francis Drake

• Juan Ponce de Leon