European Exploration of the Americas, 1492–1682
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ICELAND
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Bay
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ENGLAND
Cartier 1534–3
NORTH
AMERICA
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Plymouth
682
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LaSDe Soto Jamestown
1539–42
Coronado
1540–42
Cabeza de Vaca
1535–36
Tenochtitlán
(Mexico City)
PACIFIC
OCEAN
MADEIRA
Verrazzano 1524
HISPANIOLA
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CUBA
AFRICA
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Caribbean
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Balboa
1510–13
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1530–33
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SPAIN
CANARY
ISLANDS
Ponce de León
1512–13
St. Augustine
Gulf
of Mexico
FRANCE
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Santa Fe
Cabrillo
1542–43
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AMERICA
Explorers’ Routes
Spanish
Portuguese
French
English
Dutch
0˚
40˚W
80˚W
1 519
120˚ W
M a g e ll a n
40˚ S
GEOGRAPHY SKILLBUILDER: Interpreting Maps
1. Movement How many different voyages did Columbus make to the Americas?
2. Region Which general region did the Spanish and Portuguese explore? Where did the
English, Dutch, and French explore?
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