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He sponsored a great deal of exploration along the west coast of Africa.
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Sailed from Portugal southward made it to the bottom of Africa.
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Sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and reached a continent that was previously unknown and sailed to the Americas.
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sailed from Greenland to Norway where he served in the court of King Olaf I Tryggvason.
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explorer Amerigo Vespucci embarked on his first voyage.
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After a first, aborted attempt, Cabot sailed out of Bristol on the small ship Matthew.
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Sailed all around Africa and all the way to India.
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Ponce de Leon gathered a crew and some boats, and set sail.
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He sailed from Santa María for Acla, at the narrowest part of the isthmus.
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Cortés finally sailed for the coast of Yucatán and he had 11 ships.
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Headed an expedition in 1519 that circumnavigated the world.
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Set sail from Spain in an effort to find a western sea route to the rich Spice Islands of Indonesia.
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Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain.
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Set sail for Peru
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An experienced navigator familiar with the routes that Breton fishermen followed to the New World.
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Set sail to France
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The expedition sailed for La Florida and they landed near modern day Tampa Bay.
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Led the first European expedition that explored what is now the west coast of the United States.
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A Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States.
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Hudson sailed from Holland in the Half Moon.
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La Salle set out for North America with a large contingent of four ships and 300 sailors to establish a French colony on the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of the Mississippi River and challenge Spanish rule in Mexico.
