Christopher Columbus: • Had the idea to find a new trade route to the _____________________________ by sailing _______________ to get gold and spices. • Exploration sponsored by _____________________________ and ___________________________. • Landed along the coast of __________________________________. • Called the native people of these places __________________________ because he thought he was in Indies. • Concentrated on the search for _______________. __________________________________- explorer, successfully found gold and jewels in Mexico. Hernando de Soto set out to claim land in America for _________________. He landed in _____________________________ and headed west. After he died during the journey, one of his men, _________________________________, continued on to Mexico and claimed land for Spain. _________________________________________________ claimed parts of what is now the American Southwest for Spain.
Giovanni da Verrazano, an Italian, was hired by the ________________________ in the 1520s. He sailed along the eastern shore of North America, exploring the coasts of North Carolina, New York, New England, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and what is now Canada. He hoped to find a ________________________________ - a water route to China through North America. ______________________________________________ explored Canada in the 1530s, also looking for a Northwest Passage. He tried to start a colony in the area of what is now _________________________, but found the climate impossibly harsh. He sailed up the ____________________________________________, thinking it might allow him to get all the way to China, but he ran into ice and rapids, and had to stop. He didn’t find the Northwest Passage, but he did claim land for _____________________. ___________________________________ was an English sailor who brought a Dutch expedition to North America. He explored a river near what is now New York City, and became interested in trading __________________with the Indians of the area. The _________________________________ is named after him.
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