Geographical Explorations/Discoveries

Place	Explorer/Discoverers	Nationality	Year
America	Christopher Columbus	Italy	1492
Hawaii Islands	Captain James Cook	England	1778
Newfoundland	John Cabot	England	1497
New Zealand	Abel Janszoon Tasman	Holland	1642
Sea Route to India (via Cape of Good Hope)	Vasco da Gama	Portugal	1498
North Pole	Robert Peary	USA	1909
South Pole	Roald Amundsen	Norway	1911