Exploration 5 W’s
Who?
What?
(What did this person do?)
Portugal
Explored new areas of the world
Name ___________________
Per. ___
Where?
When?
Why?
(Location of exploration(s))
(What year?)
(What motivated this explorer? What were they after?)
Coast of Africa
1415
Gain Glory and explore new places for Portugal
1487-88
Looking for new trade routes, continuing what
Prince Henry started
1497-98
Trade Routes and the glory of being 1st to do it
1. Prince Henry
Coast of Africa Made it
around Cape of Good
Hope
2. Bartolomeau
Dias
3. Vasco da Gama
Around Africa, continuing
all the way to India
Spain
Sailed West to Caribbean
Islands
1492
To prove you could sail West to round the world to
get to spice islands and India
2. Ferdinand
Magellan
Sailed around the world
1519
To prove it could be done, for glory , new trade
routes
3. Hernan Cortes
Sailed from Cuba to coast
of Mexico
1519
Sailed West from
England to Coast of
North America and
Greenland
Sailed from France to St.
Lawrence River area of
North America
1496
New Trade routes, explore for England possible
new colonies
1541
Looking for new trade routes, possibly North to
Asia
Sailed to East Coast of
N. America around
modern day NY
1609
Looking for a new route to Asia by going North
1. Christopher
Columbus
England
Explored new areas of the world
Explored new areas of the world
John Cabot
France
Explored new areas of the world
Jacques Cartier
Holland
Henry Hudson
Explored new areas of the world
Gold and looking to claim new land for Spain