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Landed on the coast of North America. In 1000 he was blown off course by a storm.
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In 1442 Columbus started his sail to North America, but instead he ended up at the Bahama's.
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Established a school for sailors. He also studied navigation, map making, ship building, and astronomy.
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He sailed and had found the tip of Africa. When e sailed he sailed from Portugal to the bottom of Africa.
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He was a sailor for the English and searched for a passage to get to the Pacific Ocean that was along the coast of Canada and Newfoundland. Later on the had become the base of England's claim to America.
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Vasco de Gama led 2 voyages of exploration for Portugal. In 1524 he became the governor of India. He had sailed all around Africa to India.
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He took a voyage that was funded by Spain. When he had later discovered that South America was a different continent than Asia. Within his honor they started calling it "America".
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed over central America to discover the Pacific Ocean.
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America was named Amerigo Vespucci, whom had sailed to South America in 1501.
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Hernando Cortes was a conquistador that explored Mexico in 1519. He also defeated the Aztecs.
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Ferdinand Magellan headed with an expedition in 1519 that circumnavigated the world.
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Sailed to Florida in 1513 in search for the fountain of youth.
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He had led an expedition to what is now New York.
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He sailed down the Saint Lawrence river all the way to what is now known as Montreal claiming all lands for France.
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Francisco Pizzarro was a conquistador that explored the Andes mountains that are located in South America. Not only that, but he also conquered the Inca empire.
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He had explored Florida as well as North Carolina. Hernando de Soto was also the founder of the Mississippi river. He claimed the river as well as the tributaries that dumped into it.
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While in the search for the 7 cities of gold, Francisco found the Grand Canyon.
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Claimed all lands along the Mississippi river including the river valleys.
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