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