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History Resources

Study Aid: Major European Explorers

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Resource Type

  • Teaching Resource

Eras and Sub-Eras

  • The Americas to 1620
  • Early Settlements
  • Imperial Rivalries
  • The Origins of Slavery
  • Exploration

Curriculum Subject

  • Foreign Languages
  • Geography
  • World History

Grade Level

  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9

Theme

  • Global History and US Foreign Policy
  • Immigration and Migration

Coverage People

  • Francisco Coronado
  • Francisco Pizarro
  • Bartholomeu Dias
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Cortes
  • Ferdinand Magellan
  • Giovanni da Verrazzano
  • Henry the Navigator
  • Hernando de Soto
  • Jacques Cartier
  • John Cabot
  • Juan Ponce de Leon
  • Sir Francis Drake
  • Vasco de Gama

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