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Prrince Henry the navigator he was son of the king of Portugal. Henry set up the first European school for navigators in Sagres, Portugal. He sent parties of explorers south along Africa's west coast, they discovered the the Gold Coast and Cape Verde.
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He explored after King Henrys death, he crossed the equator. Europeans discovered tht the sea did not boil and was not the home of monsters. In 1487 he readied ships for a long hard voyage. He touched several points on Africas west coast.
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He was a skilled navigator from Genoa Italy. He believed the world was round, not flat. So he thought he can reach Asia by sailing west. He set sail from Spain In August 1492 with three ships Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria and a crew of about 90 sailors. He saw the Bahamas ans=d sailed around there then one of his ships got wrecked and he sailed back to Spain on the Nina.
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He was governer of Puerto Rico. He heard stories of people finding there own land and se sail. He discovered Florida.
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THe spanish monarchs were worried that Portagal might try to take Spain the riches Columbus had discovered. In 1493, the pope drew a papal line of demarication, or an imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole.
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The country's he ruled is Spain and pourtagal. He explored the Atlantic coast of South America in 1497-1504. One of the first to belive he had reached a new world.
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He was an Italian navigator. In 1497, Cabot set sail with a handful of men. He explored the coast of Newfoundland.
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He is a Portuguese noble who led a convoy or a group of four ships down the Tagus River from Lisbon, Portugal. After four months at sea, da Gama's convoy rounded the Cape of Good Hope.He also went to Malindi and Calicut. The trip back to Libson took 13 Months.
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He is from Portugal. he discovered Brazil and sailed east to India
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First European to sight eastern shore of Pacific Ocean.
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In 1519 he set sail from spain. He commanded a fleet of five ships and a crew of 256 people. In October he sailed through a stormy strait at the tip of South America. The trip took a month.
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He invaded Mexico with the help of guns and smallpox. He destoyed the Native Americans empire ruled by the Aztec king Montezuma
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In 1523 the french hired him. Was an Italian navigater. He set out to find the northwest passage. He saied along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to NewYork. This later then gave the French claim of estern Canada.
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He explored Florida and Gulf region from Texas to Mexica
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He invaded Peru. He conquered the Inca Empire. He took great treasures of gold and silver from the Native Americans. He built Lima.
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He lived in Spain. He explored Pacific coast to Drake's Bay near San Francisco
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He was a French Navigator . He sailed up the St. Lawerence River as far as present-day montreal.
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The country he ruled was England. He was the first English man to sail around the world. He did this from 1577-1580.
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He explored the west coast of Greenland in search of northwest passage to Asia.
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In 1609, the dutch sent him out as an English navigator to locate a passage. He explored the Hudson River and sailed to what is today known as Albany, New York.
