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He was the first viking to find Iceland, Greenland, and North America. He placed a claim stone. He also used some tools we have today, and some not. Like an Astrolabe which was a model of a sky. A compass which points north.
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He made a school for sailors and navigators. He made some discoveries for Europe in the 15th-century.
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Sailed from Portugal to the Southern tip of Africa. He found the Cape of Good Hope.
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Sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. Then, he had reached a continent that was unknown to him.
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Sailed all the way around Africa and all the way to India. Also winning the European race for a Sea Route to Asia.
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He was searching for a passage to the Pacific Ocean. He was looking for it along the coast of Canada and Newfoundland. This had became the basis of England's claim to North America.
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Sailed to South America. Vespucci America was named after him.
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He explored the Andres Mountains of South America and conquered the Inca empire.
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He was leading the first European exploration to Florida. Where he was looking for the "Foundation of youth"
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He crossed Central America to discover the Pacific Ocean. He was the first European to find the Pacific from the New World.
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He explored Mexico then while he was exploring it he had found and conquered the Aztec.
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He circumnavigated the word. During this expedition he died. One of his crew members needed to finish it.
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He was part of a Spanish expedition to Florida. They lost 2 out of their 5 ships in a storm.
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He explored the west coast of Newfoundland. He had also discovered Prince Edward Island. He sailed though the Gulf of St. Lawrence, past Anticosti Island.
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He explored present-day Florida. He had also explored present day North Carolina.
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His travels took him though Mexico and present-day Arizona and New Mexico. Finally convinced that there is no gold, members of the expedition traveled west to the Colorado River and east into what is now known as Kansas.
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He sailed around the west coast of America. He also discovered the San Diego Bay while he was searching for the Strait of Anian.
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He is famous for his journeys though modern day Canada. He mapped out the Atlantic Coast of Canada. He also mapped out parts of the St. Lawrence river along with parts of the Great Lakes.
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He lead an expedition to present day New York. And he found the Hudson bay.
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He was marooned on the Hudson Bay by his crew. There where eight other people with him. They all where never seen again.
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He set out to establish a French colony on the Gulf of Mexico.He brought with him 4 ships and 300 sailors. At the mouth of the Mississippi river and challenged the Spanish rule in Mexico.
