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Johannes Gutenburg invented the first printing press in what is now Germany. He made the printing press so people can copy things like important papers or books.
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Portugese sailor, Bartolomeu Dias, was sailing on the coast of West Africa when a storm hit him! But the storm carried him around the tip of Africa and reached India. They named the tip of Africa, The Cape of Good Hope, and also proved people can sail to India and Asia by water.
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Christopher was a sailor from Italy that thought the best way to sail to Asia was to go west from Spain. When he tried to prove the people that they could go by boat to Asia his way, he landed in America instead!
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Vasco da Gama explored the cost of West Africa so people can go to India or Asia by boat. Vasco da Gama did something similar to Bartolomeu Dias' journey, but he went in a different route.
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In 1513, Vasco Nunez de Balboa looked up from a peak and saw what is now the Pacific Ocean. He crossed Panama and reached the Pacific so he can gather gold and pearls.
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Ponce de Leon was the first European explorer to explore Florida. He explored Florida so he can find the fountain of youth.
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Cortes led an expedition to Mexico. He did this so he can have more power and conquests.
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Ferdinand Magellan's crew was the first to circumnavigate the world. He proved that he could sail around the world. When he reached the Pacific Ocean, he named it the Pacific Ocean. Pacific means peaceful. When he first saw the ocean, the waves were very calm and small compared to the other oceans he had crossed.
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Cortes defeated the Aztecs so can have more power and land. He also defeated the Aztecs so can get rich with more gold.
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Pedro (my way of shortening his name) lead an expedition to Florida. Shortly after they landed, they found a settlement. They named it after St. Augustine of Hippo. The final name for the settlement was agreed on St. Augustine.
