Explorers and Colonization

This Spaniard was both a conquistador and explorer who led the first official European voyage to Florida and was the governor of Puerto Rico

This Portuguese nobleman was the first European to extensively discover the South American coast, claiming it for Portugal

This explorer was from Genoa in what is now Italy. He was the first European to set foot in the Caribbean as well as South America.

This Italian explorer worked for Britain and was one of the first to map the Atlantic coast of North America in the late 1400s.

During the early Age of Exploration, Europeans thought they could reach this country by sailing across the Atlantic Ocean.

This Portuguese explorer was the first to reach India in a direct voyage from the Atlantic ocean by passing the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

The European name for the islands in this SEA was called the "East Indies" because the mistaken belief that they were off the coast of Asia/

This Spanish conquistador destroyed the Aztec Empire through brutal and cunning tactics as well as native alliances. After killing Aztec King Moctezuma, he became the first Spanish governor of Mexico

This Portuguese sailor worked for the Spanish monarch and was the first to directly cross the Pacific Ocean to South East Asia from the Atlantic. He was killed in a battle in what is now the Philippines.

This is the name of a native people that lived in what is now Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispanola and the Bahamas. Most were wiped out by brutal colonizers and disease.

This disease was brought by European explorers, colonizers and conquerors, devastating the native population who had no immunity. It is named after the boils that appear on people's skin.

This Spanish conquistador defeated the advanced Incan Empire by capturing their capital of Cuzco then founded the city of Lima. In popular culture, he is known for his search for the fabled "El Dorado" city of gold.