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A viking named Lief Ericson hired a crew and they sailed to a part of Canada. The crew named that spot Vinland because of all of the grape vines that grew there. The viking saw a knoll on the shore, and found nine people sleeping. Then, the vikings killed all of them but one. A big fight went out and Lief Ericson's brother got wounded and later on died.
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Marco Polo left his home when he was 17 in Venice, Italy to go to Asiawith his father.
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The Europeans began to plan explorations to go get gold, silver, silk,and mostely spices, but a group of people named the Ottoman Turks councured Constantinople, cutting off trade routs from Europe to Asia.
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A portugese man named Bartholomeu Dias became first to sail all around the southern tip of Africa which is now called Cape Of Good Hope. Abig storm came by, and all of Bartholomeu's sailors became very hungry. Bartholomeu really wanted to finnish his journy to sail to India but, his sailors forced him to go back to Portugal.
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Martin Behaim created the first leather globe that diodnt includ everything. Also, Cristopher Colomus sailed the Ocean Blue.
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When Cristopher Colombus spoke to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, he was thrown into jail.
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Balboa discovered what is now called the Pacific Ocean by climbing up a mountain and looking over seeing what is now called the Atlantic Ocean.
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In the middle of a civil war, Pizarro went to the Aztec Empire . He captured the leader (Atahulapa) in exchange for his freedom. Atahulapa promissed Pizzaro a room filled with gold, but Pizzaro killed him anyway.
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Hernando Cortes was an explorer who came to South America, and conquired it. Once he came, the people there thought he was a god, so they allowed him into their home. The reason they came to South Amerca is so they could get gold, land, and converts to his religion.
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Valtzenumer was a cartographer who drew a map of a continent that Vespucci found. later on it was named America named after Amerigo Vespucci.
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Magello was the first person to sail all around the world in 3 whole years!!!