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Ericsson sailed off course and found Greenland and left a claim stone. He sailed off to the new world (America) he was the first person to step foot onto the new world.
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Astronomy, mapmaker, shipbuilding, found a school for sailors, spent his money on the school and expeditions exploring the coast of Africa.
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Sailed from south Portugal to the bottom of Africa (Cape of good hope) in 1488. Became first to round the southern tip of Africa. Opened a sea trade from Europe to Asia.
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Columbus wanted find a way to India, China, Japan, and the spice lands. The king and queen gave him 3 three ships, Santa Maria, Nena, Penta. During his trip he accidentally "discovered" the Americas. He died in 1506.
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America was named after him. Vespucci made a map of America for himself but he made the map so well that everyone started using it soon the named America after him.
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He was an Italian explorer searching for a passage to the Pacific Ocean along the coasts of Canada and Newfoundland. Became basis of England's claim to North America.
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Da Gama sailed around Africa all the way to India. He was the first European to reach India by sailing the Atlantic Ocean. He made friends with an Indian merchant he met in Malindi, which helped him he set sail across the Indian Ocean. The Muslims in Calicut weren't very nice and he had to fight. Later he returned to Calicut to get back at the people of Calicut for the massacre of Portuguese explorers, he won. He became sick and died in Cochin in 1524.
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Explored present-day Florida, looking for the "Fountain of Youth"
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He thought he could please the King of Spain (King Ferdinand) by looking for gold. In search of gold Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean.
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A conquistador who explored Mexico in 1519. Conquered the Aztecs.
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His expedition circumnavigated the world. He was trying to find a western sea route to the spice lands in Indonesia which circumnavigated the world.
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De Vaca was accompanied by Estevanico (a slave) and others, explored the North American 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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sailed all the way down the Saint Lawrence River to present-day Montreal, claiming lands for France.
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Explored Florida and North Carolina discovered Mississippi River.
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Explored through northern Mexico, present-day Arizona, and New Mexico. Hit a zuni settlement in 1540. Then he traveled to the Colorado River after finding no gold.
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Was the first to sight California in 1542. He was an Iberian maritime explorer. was undertaken on behalf of the Spanish Empire
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Gave France a claim in present-day Canada along the Saint Lawrence River
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Led a Dutch expedition to present-day New York.
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Set sail for his last expedition but was abandoned by his crew in James Bay he never found a route to Canada.
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Sailed though the Mississippi River. Claimed the lands along the Mississippi Valley.
