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He was the first European to land on the coast of North America. Expecially in what is now prest day Canada.
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he is known for finding the country of Brazil in south America. He starts a settlement there in the name of Portugal.
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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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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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John 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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According to legend, Ponce de leon was not looking only for gold. He also hoped to find the legendary fountain of youth.
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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 of discovering the Pacific Ocean.
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He conqured the Aztec Empire that had ruled the religion.
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He sailed through storym 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 Panfilo de Narvaez. Three of its five boats werein a storm.
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He soon controlled most of the vast and wealthy Inca Empir.
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Cartier did not make it to the Pacific, but he discovered a mountain peak that he named the MOnt Royal, which means ryal 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".
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For three years they traveled, followed stories of gold. Their economies 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 colonies 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. The following year England sent Hudson to try agaim.
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Joliet and Marquette hoped to find precious metals. They were also looking for a Northwest Passage. When they realize that the Mississippi flowed south into the Gulf of Mexico 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 French founded New Orleans, French explorers and missionaries travled west to the Rocky mountains and the Rio Grande.
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