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Was an explorer from Iceland, he was the first European to set foot on North America, was before Columbus.
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central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15th-century European maritime discoveries and maritime expansion.
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He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European to do so.
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completed 4 voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, asked King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to travel, he traveled using the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
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John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America.
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The first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans
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Mapped South America, lived in Spain, died of malaria.
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explored Florida in 1513, searched for the fountain of youth.
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Discovered Pacific Ocean.
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explored Mexico in 1519, came across the Aztec, he was a conquistador.
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circumnavigated the world.
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a slave, explored North America, searched for the 7 cities of gold.
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explored the Andes Mountains, conquered the Inca.
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French-Breton maritime explorer who claimed what is now Canada for the Kingdom of France.
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explored Florida and North Carolina in 1539.
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a maritime explorer, investigated the west coast of North America.
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searched for the 7 cities of gold, discovered the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
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Made between 21 and 29 trips across the Atlantic Ocean, and founded Quebec, and New France.
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English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century.
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French explorer and fur trader in North America.
