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I guess you all heard about Magellan. But did you know that his last name was Ferdinand? The first thing that gets through your mind when you hear that name is that Stretch in South America. Ferdinand Magellan (Spring 1480 – April 27, 1521) was a...

Jacques Cartier facts

October 12, 2010 | In: Famous Explorers

Jacques Cartier facts Personal Life Jacques Cartier was born in St. Malo, Breton. He was born to Jame Cartier and Geseline Jansart in 1491. Jacques Cartier was about 20 when he married Marie Katherine des Granches in 1519. Cartier's Voyages On...

John Cabot was a navigator and explorer who crossed the Atlantic ocean in the service of Henry VII of England, making possible later claims to North America. Cabot was born in Genoa, Italy. He became a citizen of Venice and traveled widely in the...

James Cook was one of the first people to sail in and chart and navigate the Bay of Islands. James was a British navigator and one of the World's greatest explorers. He commanded three voyages to the Pacific Ocean and sailed around the World twice....

Cortes was born in Medellin, Spain. As a child he was ill most of the time. When he was fourteen, his parents sent him to school in hopes he would be a lawyer. But after 2 years he quit school to seek adventure. His father had been an officer in the...

Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Spain to a poor family, he never learned to read or write. He lived in Hispaniola until he was a young adult. He explored Panama and help found Panama City. Because the rest of Europe was trying to get past the...

Christopher Columbus was born in 1451. He was raised in one of the greatest ports of Genoa, Italy. Instead of being a weaver like his father, he followed his dreams of becoming a sailor. At fourteen years of age he got his first job on a ship, as a...

Who Discovered America?

September 3, 2010 | In: Famous Explorers

Every school child learns the chant "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue" as part of the lesson that teaches how Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. Only he didn't. In 1492, Columbus landed in the Caribbean islands, probably in the...