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He was a viking sailor who left Scandinavia and landed in present-day Canada. He was the first European in North America.
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Discovered the southern tip of Africa; and he called it "Cape of Good Hope" He was sponsored by Portugal
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He tried to reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic, but he landed in the Americas. He was sponsored by Spain.
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He found a sea route to Asia and sailed along the coast of Africa all the way to India. He was sponsored by Portugal.
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He was an Italian explorer who was sent to look for a northern sea route to Asia. He was sponsered by England.
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He explored the coast of South America and realized it was a separate Contient, calling it the Americas.
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He was the first European to see the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific ocean.
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He explored present-day Florida, looking for the fountain of youth. He was sponsered by Spain.
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He landed on the east coast of present-day Mexico. He conquered the Aztec Empire that had ruled the region within two years.
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He explored the Andes Mountain of South America and he conquered the Inca Empire. he was sponsered by Spain.
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He was a Portuguese explorer who sailed for Spain, reached the southernmost tip of South America. He was sponsored by Portuguese.
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He claimed the country of Brazil in South America for Portugal and set sail for the Atlantic ocean. And he was sponsered by Portugal.
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He was an Italian explorer who explored the coast of North America from present-day Nova Scotia down to the Carolinas. He was sponsered by England.
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He was part of a Spanish expedition to Florida. He was sponsered by Spain.
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He was a French explorer who sailed up the St. Lawrence River, hoping it would lead to the Pacific. But he discovered a Mountain peak that he named Mont-Royal. He was sponsered by France.
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He was a explorer who searched for the seven cities of Cibola. He was sponsered by Spain.
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He led an expedition to explore Florida and what was today the Southeastern United States. He also crossed the Mississippi River. He was sponsered by Spain.
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He was a Spanish explorer who first sighted what is now California. He was sponsered by Spain
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He was a English sea explorer and navigator who discovered the river that now bears his name. He was sponsered by the Dutch.
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They were two French explorers a fur trader Louis Joliet and a priest Jacques Marquette traveled the Mississippi River by canoe. They were sponsered by France.
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He followed the Mississippi all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. He claimed the region for France, calling it Louisiana in honor of Louis XIV. He was sponsered by Mexico.
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