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He was a viking. Leif was blown off course and landed on the coast of North America. He was a part of the first group to reach North America.
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Sailed for Europe. He was originally from Portugal. Sailed to the southern tip of Africa in 1488. He died May 29, 1500 in South Africa.
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He sailed for Spain in 1492. He tried to reach Asia, but sailed west and ended up in America. He believed he reached Asia.
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John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer. He was part of the earliest known European explorers of North America. He sailed for King Henry the Second.
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Was an Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator. On his third trip, he found present day Rio de Janeiro. America is named after him.He died February 22, 1512 in Seville, Spain.
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Sailed for Europe. He was the first European to reach India by boat. He had 170 men and 4 ships. He died on December 24, 1524 in Kochi, India.
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He was first Spanish sailor to reach present-day Florida. He was looking for gold and a legendary fountain of youth. He never found it. He died due to infection from a wound.
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador.Crossed the Panama to get to the Pacific ocean in 1513. He was the European to lead a expedition into the Pacific from New World.
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He landed on the east coast of Mexico. He conquered the Aztec empire. He found large sums of gold.
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He was a Portuguese explorer. He organised the Spanish expedition to the Indies. The expedition ended up being the first to circumnavigate the world. Ferdinand Magellan was killed in a fight on Mactan Island in 1521.
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Pizarro was an explorer, soldier and conquistador. He is also known for conquering the Incas and killing their leader, Atahuapla. He also lead expeditions that ended up leading to the conquest of Peru.
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Was a Spanish explorer of the new world. He docked in present day Tampa. He was also one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition.
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He claimed Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
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He led an exploration of Florida and the Eastern US. Crossed the Mississippi river in 1541. He made it as far as Oklahoma and then died of fever.
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Coronado was a Spanish conquistador. He led a large expedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas. He was intrigued be the supposed "7 Cities of Gold."
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He was a maritime explorer. He was the first European to explore present-day California. Sailed for Spanish Empire.
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Samuel made between 21 and 29 trips across the Atlantic Ocean. He also founded Quebec and New France. He died of a stroke in 1635.
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Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator. He explored present day Canada. He went to the New World on one condition, to have a river named after him.
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He was a fur trader and explorer in North America. He explored the area close to the Great Lakes. He was murdered in 1687.
