Explorers' Timeline
Directions: Run off the chart on the next page and fill in the boxes with the following explorers' names and events.
| British Explorers | French Explorers | Spanish Explorers |
| 1497 John Cabot sails to Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Labrador. | 1524 Verrazano sails to the New World. | 1492 Christopher Columbus discovers America. |
| 1582 Sir Frances Drake's ship sinks. | 1534 Jacques Cartier sails to the New World. | 1513 Pounce de Leon lands in Florida. |
| 1608 Samuel de Champlain sails. Quebec is founded. | 1519 Hernando Cortés conquers the Aztecs. | |
| 1672 Father Marquett and Louis Joliet sailed up the Mississippi River to Arkansas. | 1519 DeSoto explores Florida. | |
| 1682 Robert LaSalle sailed to the mouth of the Mississippi River. | 1540 Fransico Coronda explores New Mexico to Kansas. | |
| 1565 St. Augustine is founded. | ||
| 1609 Santa Fe is founded. |