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He is the first european to land in north america. he ends up landing on what is now present day california
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sailed southward from Portugal and made it around the southern tip of Africa. he names the southern tip "The Cape of Good Hope".
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he is known for landing in the country of Brazil in South America. He starts a settlement there for Portugal
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In 1492 Christopher Columbus led 90 sailors in three ships into the unknown
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Sailed all around Africa and all the way to India, he won the European race for a sea route to Asia
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he was sent to look for a sea route to Asia and landed on the coast of the present-day newfoundland
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he realized that south america was a separate continent then
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There's a legend that wasn't only looking for gold
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Vasco heard of stories of the "great waters" beyond the mountains of panama in central america and he hiked through steamy rain forests to find them and saw a body of water and claimed it for spain
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Hernan Cortes had landed on the east coast of present-day Mexico, and within two years Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire that had ruled the region
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they reached the southernmost tip and was also blown off course by a storm
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Giovanni was sent to look for a northern route and explored the coast of North America from present-day Nova Scotia down to the Carolinas
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They came in conflict with Native Americans in Florida and three out of the five boats were lost in the storm
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The Spanish had arrested and executed the Inca ruler, and without their leader they could not fight effectively and Pizarro had soon controlled most of the wealthy Inca empire
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he sailed up the st. Lawrence river hoping that it would lead to the pacific, he discovered a mountain peak
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While he was searching for the seven cities of cibola he went through northern mexico and present day Arizona
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He led an expedition to explore Florida and today's southeastern united states an traveled for three years
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he spotted California
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Henry was sent to look for a passage through the Americas and found a river
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they traveled the mississippi river by a canoe, they hoped to find metals and they were trying to find a northwest passage
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He followed the Mississippi river all the way to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed the region for France
