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