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Was the first European to land on the coast of North America. Specifically in what is now present day Canada.
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Sailed Southward down the coast of Africa making it to the Southern tip of Africa. He called this Southern tip of the " Cape of Good Hope."
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He is known for finding the county of Brazil in South America. He starts a settlement there in the name of Portugal
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Vasco da Gama sailed all around Africa and all the way to India winning the European race for a sea route to Asia.
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Cabot probably landed on the coast of present-day Newfoundland.
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He explored the coast of South America.
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He hiked through steamy rivers to find them (the great waters.)
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He is known for sailing to the country of Panama and discovering the Pacific Ocean.
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According to legend, Ponce de León was not looking only for gold. He also hoped to find the legendary fountain of youth.
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He conqured the Aztec Empire that had ruled the religion.
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He sailed through the stormy waters of a narrow sea passage, or a strait.
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Verrazano explored the coast of North America from present-day Nova Scotia down to the Carolinas
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After coming into conflict with Native Americans in Florida, the expedition sailed south toward Mexico in November, led by Pánfilo de Narváez (nahr.VAH•ays). Three of its five boats were lost in a storm.
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He soon controlled most of the vast and wealthy Inca Empire
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Cartier did not make it to the Pacific, but he discovered a mountain peak that he named Mont-Royal, which means "royal mountain.”
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Finally convinced that there was no gold, members of the expedition traveled west to the Colorado River and east into what is now Kansas. They found no gold only “windswept plains” and strange “shaggy cows” (buffalo).
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For three years they traveled, following stories of gold. Their encounters with the native people often turned violent.
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Around 1769, that policy changed. California was the northern frontier of the Spanish Empire in North America, and Spain needed a large number of colonists to solidify its hold on the region.
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In his ship, the Half Moon, Hudson sailed north on the Hudson River as far as the site of present-day Albany, New York. Deciding that he had not found a passage to India, he turned back.
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Joliet and Marquette hoped to find precious metals. They were also looking for a Northwest Passage. When they realized that the Mississippi flowed south into the Gulf of Mexico rather than west into the Pacific,
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He claimed the region for France, calling it Louisiana in honor of Louis XIV. In 1718 the French founded New Orleans, French explorers and missionaries traveled west to the Rocky Mountains and the Rio Grande.
