Matching Pairs Major Explorers MatchingOnline version Major Explorers Matching Review by Sharon Sweet 1 Francis Drake 2 Vasco da Gama 3 Ferdinand Magellan 4 Prince Henry the Navigator 5 Francisco Pizarro 6 Hernando Cortes 7 Christopher Columbus 8 Jacques Cartier Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire in Peru/Chile first ever to circumnavigate, sailed for Spain English explorer, circumnavigated, defeated Spanish Armada, pirate Spanish conquistador, conquered the Aztecs in Mexico Portuguese explorer who explored the western coastline of Africa and set up a navigation school made 4 voyages to the Americas while representing Spain French explorer who claimed parts of Canada for his country and mapped the St. Lawrence River Portuguese explorer who traveled around the Cape of Good Hope to arrive in India, the first European to find an all water route to the Indies