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  • Prince Henry
    Mar 4, 1394

    Prince Henry

    Help usher and the salve and trade
  • Bartholomeu Dias
    Mar 14, 1488

    Bartholomeu Dias

    1st European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa opening a way for a sea route
  • Columbus
    Jul 21, 1492

    Columbus

    Came to the new world
  • john Cabot
    Apr 2, 1497

    john Cabot

    Went to Canada thinking it was Asia
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    Jul 15, 1507

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Named the new world
  • Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    Jan 27, 1513

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa

    1st to see the pacific ocean
  • Francisco Pizzaro
    Jan 27, 1513

    Francisco Pizzaro

    helped Vasco Núñez de Balboa discover the Pacific Ocean than found its capital
  • Juan Ponce De Leon
    Jul 27, 1513

    Juan Ponce De Leon

    looking for gold he found Puerto Rico
  • Hernandez Cortez
    Jan 27, 1518

    Hernandez Cortez

    over threw Aztec and won the crown of spain
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    May 24, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    He led the 1st people to circumnavigate the globe
  • ; Jacques Cartier
    Jan 27, 1534

    ; Jacques Cartier

    gave canada its name and explored a river
  • Francisco Coronado
    May 27, 1535

    Francisco Coronado

    found grand canyon
  • Hernando de Soto
    Apr 27, 1539

    Hernando de Soto

    Spanish explorer that found Mississippi river
  • Sir Francis Drake
    Jul 27, 1577

    Sir Francis Drake

    passed through south America
  • jacques Marquette

    jacques Marquette

    best known for mapping
  • Rene-Robert de La Salle

    Rene-Robert de La Salle

    went down Mississippi river
  • Luois Jolliet

  • Sir Walter Raleigh