Study the map here. Then choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence about European exploration.
Christopher Columbus was originally seeking a new route to
.
explored and mapped the coast of South America between 1499 and 1501.
explored southeastern North America in 1540.
Ferdinand Magellan sailed around
✔ the southern tip of South America
in 1520.
India.
The explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
Hernando de Soto.
Cape of Good Hope.