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15th century Portuguese prince, helped usher in the Atlantic slave trade. Credited with the beginning of the Age of discovery. Made the first school for sailors.
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built boats to get to asia
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led and expedition that conquered the Inca empire, he captured and killed the incan empire.
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Portuguese explorer, sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa opening the the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia
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Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer who completed four voyages across the Atlantic ocean.
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Genoese navigator, and explorer made a British claim to land n Canada mistaking it for asia
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Italian explorer, financier, navigator, the Americas came from his name
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Spansih explorer, known for having crossed the isthmus of panama to the pacific ocean
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First governor of Puerto Rico, led first european expedition to la florida
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Organized the Spanish expedition to the east indies
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led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec empire
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led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the united states, first documented European to cross the Mississippi river
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led a large expedition from mexico to present day kansas
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Claimed what is now Canada for france
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carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition
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established colony what is now north Carolina,
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first non natives to explore and map the Mississippi river
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founded Michigan's first European settlement, and one of the first Europeans to explore the northern parts of the Mississippi river
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he explored the great lakes region of the U.S and Canada, Mississippi river and gulf of mexico, claimed the whole Mississippi river basin for france
