https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4 This is the timeline of each explorers life/journey. en-us 2020-09-28 18:28:04 UTC 2025-01-11 12:03:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2693.png emilyrbrown9980 https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/845053990 He wasn't an explorer himself, but he SPONSORED a lot of explorers from Portugal - he also started a school of navigation!]]> 2020-10-20 14:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/845053990 emilyrbrown9980 https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/848572771 Perhaps the most famous explorer, sailed for Spain and "discovered" the continent of North America. Leave a comment about WHY I put "discovered" in quotations?]]> 2020-10-21 13:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/848572771 emilyrbrown9980 https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/849095535 Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the globe! That means he went all the way around the Earth!! He actually died before he made it all the way around, but he's still the one we give credit to. He was trying to find the spice islands near India. ]]> 2020-10-21 15:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/849095535 emilyrbrown9980 https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/894182360 Vasco de Gama sailed for Portugal and was the first to actually find a sea route to Asia (which is what everyone else was trying to do!).]]> 2020-11-05 14:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/894182360 emilyrbrown9980 https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/894221720 Pedro Cabral wasn't a very experiences explorer, but his main mission was to spread Christianity to the lands he sailed to. He was supposed to follow Vasco de Gama's route, except go a little bit more west. Leave a comment about WHAT country he found and WHY that country now speaks Portuguese? ]]> 2020-11-05 14:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/894221720 emilyrbrown9980 https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/894927117 Hernando de Soto was actually a crew-member on Pizarro's expedition of South America. Later in his life he explored North America and "discovered" the Mississippi river, he also enslaved and killed Native Americans that he encountered. ]]> 2020-11-05 17:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/894927117 emilyrbrown9980 https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/894933481 Francisco Pizarro's explorations lead to the fall of the Inca empire in South America. He grew up very poor and was motivated by the chance of becoming rich and finding gold in the new world. He also treated native people very cruelly. ]]> 2020-11-05 17:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/894933481 emilyrbrown9980 https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/894936264 Hernan Cortes' explorations lead to the fall of the Aztec empire in Mexico. He did not fight fair and won using sneak-attacks. He also enslaved a lot of the Native people he encountered. ]]> 2020-11-05 17:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/894936264 emilyrbrown9980 https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/894944343 Ponce de Leon is known for "discovering" and naming Florida. His exploration lead to Florida becoming a Spanish colony (St. Augustine!!).]]> 2020-11-05 17:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emilyrbrown9980/seg5ow8bpjl726h4/wish/894944343