Age of Exploration – Map Project
For this project, you are to create a two-sided map. On one side will be a detailed map showing the voyage
routes of major European explorers. The other side will contain information about the explorers, their voyages,
and the time period. This project will be graded on content, organization, and creativity. The majority of the
project will be completed during class time. Your map project should include the following:
Map Side
1. Give your map a title.
2. Draw in the voyage routes of the following five explorers:
 Bartholomeu Dias
 Vasco de Gama
 Christopher Columbus
 Ferdinand Magellan
 Hernando Cortes
3. Label the voyage routes with the explorer’s name and the date of their voyage.
4. Make a key using different colors to represent each explorer’s route.
5. Label the following continents, oceans and places on the map:
 Spain
 Portugal
 England
 France
 India
 Brazil
 Tenochtitlan
 Strait of Magellan
 Cape of Good Hope
 The West Indies
Information Side
1. Make a table with each of the following:
 Dates of Voyage
 Starting Point (country)
 Destination
 Motives for Voyage (what commodities were they seeking, what was the purpose of the
voyage?)
 Results of the Voyage (what did they actually find or accomplish?)
Example:
Dias
Dates of Voyage
Starting Point
Destination
Motives
Results
Gama
Columbus Magellan
Cortes