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In this school people were taught in navigation, map making and science to later on sail down the west of Africa.
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The Turks cut off the route to Asia which didn't allow Europe to trade anymore, this caused Europe to find another way through the sea.
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Became the first sea explorer to sail around Africa which opened a sea route from Europe to Asia.
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Columbus set sail looking for a faster route to Asia because the only route as around Africa. He landed in the Bahamas and thought it was Asia, he wasn't the first to discover America.
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John Cabot sailed west from Britain in ordered to reach Asia but instead landed in Canada and claimed land in Britain's name.
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Amerigo set sail for Cape Verde and sailed along the coast of South America then he finally decided that they had discovered a new continent.
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He was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He was the first Europen to see the Pacific Ocean in an expedition he took for gold.
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He led expeditions in search for gold and in one expedition of three ships at his own expense he landed on new land and named it "Florida"
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Ferdinand was a Portuguese explorer and was looking for fame and fortune. He set sailed with five ships in search for a route to the Spice islands, also became 1st European to cross the pacific.
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Hernán set sail with 11 ships to Mexico and he made allies with some natives and with others he used force. He overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for Spain.
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Francisco was a Spanish explorer and conquistador, he joined Vasco Nuñez where they discovered the pacific. Later on Francisco conquered Peru and established its capital, Lima.
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He led three famous voyages to the New World in search for gold and that would later let France claim land in what today is Canada.
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He led an expedition to Florida to claim it for Spain. Him and his men traveled 4,000 miles across the land and then later on became the first Europeans to encounter and cross the Mississippi.
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He led an expedition up Mexico's western coast and then into the region in search for ¨Seven Golden Cities", his expedition was a failure. Although he did discover the Grand Canyon and other landmarks.
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One of the first English slaving voyages to Africa. He became the first Englishmen to navigate around the globe.
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He helped establish a colony in Roanoke Island and then later was put to death because of treason.
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First European to see and map the northern part of the Mississippi River.
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He was a Canadian explorer who explored the origins of the Mississippi River.
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French explorer which led an expedition down the Mississippi River and then later claimed in for France.
