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People in Europe began to look to the oceans, for things such as adventure, spread religious beliefs, and find riches. The age for exploration had began.
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Henry the Navagator urged captains to explore in the south to the coast of Africa.
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Vasco da Gama was a Poruguese explorer that sailed and found a route and sailed to India.
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John Cabot was am italian living in England, in 1497 King Henry VII sent him on a voyage to the west. They thought there might be a water route through America.
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Christopher thought Asia could be reached by sailing west from Europe.
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Ferdinand and Isabella, were the queen and king of Europe at the time. For them to support Columbus' expedition, Culumbus gave them the credit.
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Juan Ponce de Leon was a spanish offical in the new world. He explored and settled the island of Puerto Rico, taking a notice back to Spain.
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Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon had his eyes on Florida, he had seen some of the Atlantic coastline of the region on his expedition in 1520
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Giovanni da Verrazano was sent by King Francis I of France, westward. Verrazano first reached land in North Caralina's outer banks.
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Hernado de Soto sailed with a milatary expedition from Havana Cuba to the coast of Florida. His soldiers marched northward to the now day Tallahasse, Florida. The spent winter of 1539-1540 here. They then went through Georgia and South Carolina and passed through the western tip of North Carolina. They met the Cherokee Idians who were nice to them. Soto dies on this trip.
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Spain decides to move south, in Mexico and Peru.
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Jean Ribault sent a colony of French to North America the colonists were protestants which were sometimes persecuted in Catholic France.
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Rene de Laudonniere was with another colon, they settled in Fort Caroline on the north Florida coast.
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Pedro Menendez de Aviles was the leaer of some troops sent from Spain, they were going to Florida. They built St.Augustine, as Jean Ribault planned an attack. Pedro Menendez de Aviles captured Fort Caroline and killed many of the French.
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Pedro de Cornas was a leader on an expedition. Juan Pardo and Hernado Boyano led a small group of men to South Carolina.