Spain financed early explorers like Columbus, Magellan, Cortes, and Ponce de Leon using ships like the caravel and galleon to explore new routes. England also supported early explorers such as Drake, Cabot, and Hudson. France backed explorers including Champlain, Joliet, Marquette, and Cartier in their voyages of discovery.

1. Early Explorer Routes

2. Spain Financed Columbus Magellan Vespucci Cortes Coronado Ponce de Leon

4. England Supported Drake Cabot Hudson

6. France Supported Champlain Joliet and Marquette Cartier

8. Ships Caraval Galleon

9. Niña, circa 1490, Spanish Caravel Redonda, 1991, by Roger A. Hambidge, The Mariners’ Museum. Golden Hind, 1927, by Montague Dawson, The Mariners’ Museum.

10. Credits Chyna Mundy Created Fall 2008 History 479 Information: The Mariners’ Museum, “The Explorers”. http://www.mariner.org/exploration/index.php?page=theexplorers. (accessed November 7, 2008) Map adapted from: Clayton, Andrew, Perry, Elizabeth, Reed, Linda, Winkler, Allan. America, Pathways to the Present. Pearson Printing Hall: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey,2005. Boat photos: The Mariners’ Museum, “Their Boats”. http://www.mariner.org/exploration/index.php?page=ships . (accessed November 7, 2008