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Explored lands west of Greenland then sailed to Norway.
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Traveled to China and opened up trade routes to East India and China, increasing trade.
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Traveled past the southernmost part of Africa and discovered the Cape of Good Hope. King hoped it would be a new route to India.
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Traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to try to find a faster trade route to Asia. He accidentally stumbled upon America.
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Traveled to find a northern sea route to Asia but instead landed in present-day Newfoundland.
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Traveled in a wide arc south and west of Africa to go around the Cape of Good Hope. He discovered a sea route to Asia.
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Explored coast of South America just to find out that it is not a part of Asia and that it is its own separate continent.
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Traveled to Brazil and claimed it for the king.
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Traveled through rainforests of Panama. First European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
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Landed on east coast of present-day Florida. Led to first Spanish settlement in the United States.
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Traveled to present-day Mexico and conquered the Aztec Empire.
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Traveled the southernmost tip of Africa. Named the Pacific Ocean. After he died, his crew continued and became the first people to sail around the world.
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Traveled to the Incan capital in Cuzco, Peru and took control of the empire.
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Sent to look for northern route. Explored coast of North America from present-day Nova Scotia down to Carolinas.
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Traveled to Florida then Mexico. Spread stories about the "seven cities of gold."
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Sailed up the St. Lawrence River. Discovered a mountain he named Mont-royal which later led to the naming of Montreal.
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Explored Florida in 1539.
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Went to look for the seven cities of gold but instead found Kansas.
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Discovered California.
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Traveled to the New World in search of the Northwest Passage. Traveled through Frobisher Bay, named after him. Sighted Canada.
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Traveled up through Mexico and founded New Mexico.
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Sailed north on the Hudson river and discovered Hudson Bay.
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Traveled with Jacques Marquette up the Mississippi River hoping to find precious metals and Northwest Passage. Discovered that the Mississippi River flowed south into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Traveled with Louis Joliet up the Mississippi River hoping to find precious metals and Northwest Passage. Discovered that the Mississippi River flowed south into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Followed Mississippi River up into the Gulf of Mexico and discovered Louisiana.
