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Norse explorer, discovered North America.
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Portuguese explorer, first to reach the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic.
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Italian explorer, colonizer, and navigator. Completed four voyages across Atlantic.
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Venetian navigator and explorer. Discovered coast of North America.
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Portuguese explorer. First person to reach India by sea.
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Italian explorer, financier, cartographer and navigator. First demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured by Christopher Columbus' voyages.
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Spanish explorer and conquistador. First Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown.
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Spanish explorer, Governor, and Conquistador.Crossed Isthmus of Panama to the pacific Ocean.
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Portuguese Explorer who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth
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Spanish conquistador that led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland mexico under the rule of the king of Castille
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Italian explorer of North America. First European to explore the Atlantic Coast of North America
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Breton explorer who claimed what is now canada, for France
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Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire. He captured an killed Incan Emperor Atahualupa and claimed the lands of Spain.
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Spanish Explorer who led the first European expedition deep into the territory the the modern day United States. Also, the first European to cross the Mississippi river.
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Spanish Conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from Mexico to present day Kansas through parts of the South Western United States.
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English Sea captain and privateer of the Elizabethan Era, he carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition.
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English Sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his exploration of present day Canada and North Eastern United States.
