| Explorer | Country of Origin | Date | Discovery |
| Lief Ericson and the Vikings | Norway | 1001 | Newfoundland |
| Christopher Columbus | Spain | 1492 | San Salvador and West Indies |
| John Cabot | England | 1497 | Greenland, Labrador and Newfoundland |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Spain | 1497 to 1502 | South America and West Indies |
| Vasco de Balboa | Spain | 1513 | The Pacific Ocean |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Spain | 1509 to 1522 | First to sail around the World |
| Juan Ponce de Leon | Spain | 1513 | Florida |
| Hernando Cortez | Spain | 1519 to 1521 | Mexico |
| Jacques Cartier | France | 1535 | The St. Lawrence River |
| Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo | Spain | 1542 | California |
| Sir Francis Drake | England | 1577 to 1580 | Explorations around the World |
| Samuel de Champlain | France | 1603 | The Great Lakes and Quebec |
| Henry Hudson | The Netherlands | 1609 | Hudson Bay |
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