MAP 2.2: European Exploration in Sixteenth-Century America

MAP 2.2 European Exploration in Sixteenth-Century America

This map illustrates the approximate routes of early European explorations of the New World.

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READING THE MAP: Which countries were most actively exploring the New World? Which countries were exploring later than others?

CONNECTIONS: What were the motivations behind the explorations? What were the motivations for colonization?