Question

in the 15th and 16th centuries, from which area of the world did most explorers come?

name	nation	year	achievement
columbus	spain	1492	north america; the new world
pope alexander		1494	treaty of tordesillas
de gamma	portugal	1497	east and west coast of africa; india
cabot	england	1497	northeast coast of north america
cabral	portugal	1500	portugals claims on brazil
magellan	spain	1521	philippines; circumnavigates globe
cortes	spain	1519	conquered mexico (aztec empire)
pizarro	spain	1531	conquered peru (inca empire)
cartier	france	1534	st. lawrence
verrazano	france	1524	east coast of north america
cartier	france	1535	explores st. lawrence river
desoto	spain	1539	explores lower mississippi
coronado	spain	1540	explores the southwest
		1588	defeat of the spanish armada
champlain	france	1608	canada
drake	england	1577	circumnavigation of globe
hudson	holland	1620	new york

Explanation:

To determine the area (nation) with the most explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries, we count the number of explorers per nation:

• Portugal: Diaz, De Gamma, Cabral → 3 explorers.
• Spain: Columbus, Magellan, Cortes, Pizarro, deSoto, Coronado → 6 explorers.
• England: Cabot, Drake → 2 explorers.
• France: Cartier (twice), Verrazano, Champlain → 4 explorers.
• Holland: Hudson → 1 explorer.

Spain has the highest count of explorers (6) among these nations in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Answer:

Spain (Most explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries came from Spain, as it has 6 explorers listed, more than other nations like Portugal (3), England (2), France (4), and Holland (1).)