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1st European to reach N.America
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They encountered Middle Eastern, Chinese, and Indian goods and traders.
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Went to the Cape of Good Hope on the tip of Africa
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Sailed across the Atlantic to North America but thought he was in Asia.
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His second voyage across the Atlantic to North America.
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First to sail around Africa to Asia
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Hired by England to look for a northern sea route to Asia. He landed on the coast of present-day Newfounland.
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His third voyage across the Atlantic to North America.
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Sailed along the coast or South America. He figured out that it wasn't Asia.Named the new land America.
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Sails for Portugal trying to go far around Africa to get to Asia, but landed in Spain.
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His forth voyage across the Atlantic to North America.
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He travel through Central America and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean, the largest ocean on Earth,
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He went to present day Florida looking for the fountain of youth.
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Explored Mexico and conquered the Aztec.
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1st European to circumnavigate the globe.
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Hired by France to look for a northern route to Asia. He explored the coast of North America from present-day Nova Scotia to the Carolinas
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He was looking for the 7 cities of gold. Their ship wrecks and they get captured by Texan Natives. de Vaca's slave, Estevanico, escapes and help the others escape as well.
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Explored the Andes mountain and conquered the Inca.
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Sailed up the St. Lawrence River, hoping it would lead to the Pacific. He instead discovered a mountain that he named Mont-Royal.
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Traveled through Florida and South Caroline to discover the Mississippi river.
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Looks for gold cities, finds Grand Canyon.
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Explores Mexico and California.
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Hired to find a passage through the Americas. Discovered a river and named Hudson. After that he sails North on his ship. the Half Moon, to present-day Albany, New York.
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Sent to find a northern passage to Asia. He found a bay and named it after him. He thought he has reached the Pacific Ocean and spent months looking for an outlet. His crew got mad and abandoned him, his son, and a few sailors. They were never seen again.
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Traveled the Mississippi river by canoe hoping to to find precious metals and a Northwest Passage.
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Followed the Mississippi river all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. He founded Louisiana in honor of Louis XIV.
