European Explorers Acrostic Poem
With a partner, research one of the following European explorers. Find and note
biographical and professional
about this person. Identify
in their careers. Citing evidence
from your research, relate their
to the discovery and settlement of Texas. Organize your
information into an acrostic poem using the explorer’s name.
Remember
and
for
Explorers
Marco Polo
Don Juan de Onate
John Cabot
Cabeza de Vaca
Prince Henry the Navigator
Francisco Coronado
Bartholomew Dias
Esteban or Estevanico
Ferdinand Magellan
Robert La Salle
Vasco de Gama
Juan Ponce de Leon
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortez
Giovanni di Verrazano
Hernan De Soto
Amerigo Vespucci
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda