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1st European to reach North America
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Sailed to the bottom of Africa and found the Cape of Good hope(Bottom of Africa)
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1st trip sailed to North America, across the Atlantic Ocean, beileved he had reached Asia
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His 2nd voyage to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean
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Cabot sailed to Canada in 1497, commanding the small ship called "Matthew." Cabot landed near Labrador, Newfoundland, or Cape Breton Island (the exact spot is uncertain) on June 24, 1497. One of John Cabot's three sons, the explorer Sebastian Cabot, accompanied him on this trip. Cabot claimed the land for England.
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1st to sail around Africa all the way to Asia
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His 3rd voyage to the Americas 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 4th voyage to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean
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He travels 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 in 1513, looking for the "fountain of youth"
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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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Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485-1528) was an Italian navigator who, in 1524, explored the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine while searching for a Northwest passage to Asia.
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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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a French explorer who led three expeditions to Canada, in 1534, 1535, and 1541. He was looking for a route to the Pacific through North America (a Northwest Passage) but did not find one
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explored Florida and North Carolina discovered Mississippi
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cont. in North American Southwest, looking for cities of gold, discovered the Grand Canyon (in AZ)
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He explores up from Mexico and goes into modern day California
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Hudson was then hired by the Dutch East India Company in 1609, to try to find the Northwest Passage farther south. On this trip in a ship called the Half Moon, Hudson sailed to Nova Scotia, and then sailed south. He found what is now called the Hudson River. Hudson sailed into New York's harbor on September 3, 1609 and noted what an excellent harbor it was.
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A 1610-1611 trip through the Hudson Strait and into Hudson Bay ended in a mutiny. Hudson died in 1611 after his crew mutinied and left Hudson, his son, and seven crew members adrift in a small, open boat in Hudson Bay.
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Found the Mississippi River in 1673; they were the first Caucasians to see the Mississippi River. Together, they travelled along Lake Michigan to Green Bay, canoed up the Fox River, and went downstream on the Wisconsin River to the Mississippi River. They travelled almost to the mouth of the Arkansas, and then stopped because they were warned of hostile Indians and Spanish explorers. Marquette's diary is all that remains of their journey. Joliet expanded fur trade westward
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. He was sent by King Louis XIV to travel south from Canada and sail down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. He was the first European to travel the length of the Mississippi River (1682). His mission was to explore and establish fur-trade routes along the river. La Salle named the entire Mississippi basin Louisiana, in honor of the King, and claimed it for France on April 9, 1682. He also explored Lake Michigan (1679), Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario
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