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