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First European to reach N. America.
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Discovered the southern tip of Africa.
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Tried to sail to Asia but sailed to America but thought he was is Asia.
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Christopher Columbus led 90 sailors in three ships on a voyage into the unknown.
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Columbus spotted an island and left his ship "Santa Maria" and went ashore.
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His second voyage across the Atlantic ocean to America.
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Sailed to Canada, commanding the small ship called "Matthew." Landed near Labrador, Newfoundland, or Cape Brown Island.
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Sailed all around Africa and all the way to India. Winning the European race for a sea route to Asia.
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His third voyage across the Atlantic ocean.
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Sailed along the coast of S. America. He took such good notes about the coast that mapmakers were convinced this was not Asia and named the new land "America" in his honor.
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On his way around Africa he went to wide and ended up in Brazil, South America.
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His Fourth voyage across the Atlantic ocean.
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HE travles through central America and is the 1st European to see the Pacific Ocean (Largest ocean on earth)
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Explored present-day Florida looking for the fountain of Youth.
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German priest, wrote 95 theses protesting the practices of the Catholic Church, Lead religious reform movement called the Protestant Reformation.
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A conquistador who explored Mexico in 1519. Conquered the Aztec
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1st European to circumnavigate the globe.
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Was and Italian navigator who explored the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine.
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Accompanied by Estevanico (A slave) and others, explored the North America Southwest looking for 7 cities of gold.
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A conquistador who explored the Andes Mountains of South America and conquered the Inca Empire.
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He was a french explorer who led three expeditions to Canada looking for a route to the pacific through North America but didn't find one.
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Explored Florida and North Carolina discovered Mississippi River.
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Cont. in North American Southwest, looking for cities of gold, discovered the Grand Cayon (in AZ)
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He explores up from Mexico and goes into modern day California.
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Sailed to Spitsbergen and discovered Jan Mayen Island.
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Sailed through the Hudson Strait and into Hudson Bay in a mutiny.
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Founders of the Mississippi river.
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The first European to travel the length of the Mississippi River. His mission was to explore and establish fur-trade routes along the river.
