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Discovered modern day Greenland
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First European to sail around the tip of South Aferica
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Sailed to the "New World" and landed in modern day Bahamas.
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Discovered the coast of North America
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Discovered the sea route to India
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Produced a new world map and named the new continent "America"
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Discovered Florida in search of the fountain youth.
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Helped establish the first stable settlement on the South American Continent.
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Set out on a voyage to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands.
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Lands on the coast of Mesoamerica and starts his conquest of the Aztecs.
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Sailed to the new world in search of a new sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
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Lead a voyage to the New World in order to seek gold and other riches, as well as a new route to Asia.
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Sailed to Peru and took over the Inca empire and killed their leader
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He set out for North America, where he discovered the Mississippi River.
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Explorer who discovered the Grand Canyon
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Discovered the land south of the Magellan Strait, was not part of a southern continent as had been believed, but a group of islands. This meant that ships could sail between the Atlantic and Pacific around the bottom of South America
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Discovered a strait in the ocean that led them through the northern waters over Canada, which was later named the Hudson Strait
