Places Discovered during the Age of Exploration

Between the 15th and the 17th Century, (mostly) European explorers travelled all around the globe and discovered and conquered various regions that were previously unknown to them. Can you guess the names of these places based on the people responsible for the discovery and the year?
Includes: islands, Countries, Regions, Continents, etcetera.
Obviously some of these places had already been inhabited for thousands of years (or had already been discovered by others).
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Year
People Involved
Answer
1431
Henry the Navigator
Azores
1488
Bartolomeu Dias
Cape of Good Hope
1492
Christopher Columbus
America
1497
John Cabot
Newfoundland
1499
João Fernandes Lavrador
Labrador
1500
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Brazil
1512
Juan Ponce de León
Florida
1513
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Pacific Ocean
(Eastern Side)
1596
Willem Barentsz
Svalbard
1606
Willem Janszoon
Australia
1615
Étienne Brûlé
Lake Ontario
1616
Lake Huron
1620
Lake Superior
1642
Abel Tasman
Tasmania
1642
New Zealand
1643
Fiji
1778
James Cook
Hawaii
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Jun 28, 2025
Nice quiz, 5 stars :D