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Marco polo was a wealthy merchant from venetia. He travelled though asia and found china but was not the first to do so.
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Prince henry encouraged his father to conquer ceuta the muslim port of africa.
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Christopher columbus was a european explorer who founded the new world on three voyages with the help of the spanish crown.
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vasco da gama was the first portugese explorer to reach india by sea,linking europe and asia for the first time.
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Francsico Pizarro conquered the incan empire 1524-1526. He was also the govenor of new castile peru.
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Ferdinand magellan was a portugese explorer who organized the first circumnavigaton of the earth from 1519-1522
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Hernan cortes led an expidition in the early 16th century that led to the fall of the aztec empire.
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Jacques Cartier claimed what is now canada for france in 1524. Jacques also was the European to describe a map.
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robert boyle is a founder of modern day chemistry and a pioneer of the scientific method.
