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He urged the captains to explore southward along the coast of Africa.
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Chrisopher sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
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In 1496 they were the king and queen of England.
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In 1497 Vasco de Gama sailed all the way to India.
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King Henry VII sent Cabot on a voyage to the West.
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He was a Spanish offical in the new world.
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He wanted to plan a strong colony for Spain along the coast of Florida.
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King Francis I of France sent Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazno westward.
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He sailed with the military expodition from Havana, Cuba to the west coast of Florida.From there they marched northward to a site near present day Tallahassee, Florida. They spent the Winter there in Spring they crossed into Georgia and South Carolina and passed through the western tip of North Carolina. De Soto and his men were the first Europeans to see the regions. They meet Cherokee Indias who treated them with geneorosity. De Soto died on the trip.
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France sent a colony to the new world under Ribaults comand.
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A band of Huguenots, lead by Laudonniere settled at Fort Coraline on the north Florida coast.
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Spain sent trops under his comand to Florida. He build a fort at St. Augustine. He captured Fort Coraline and killed most of the French defender.
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He marked the landing at Currituck Inlet by placement of wooden cross on the shore.
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They lead a small group of men to the South Carolina coast. They went nearly the same route that De Soto had taken. They build a fort in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountain.
