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Merchants in Europe knew they would make a lot of money selling goods to Asia
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Vasco de gama sailed all around Africa to India
He opened up a new trade route
Winning the European race for a sea route to Asia.
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Bartholomew Dias sailed from Portugal to Africa.he was a Portuguese explorer. he sailed around the outer most tip of Africa.he was the first European to do so.
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Christopher Columbus' voyages led to new exchanges between Europe, Africa, and the Americans.
Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic ocean and reached a continent.Nina Mia and Santa maria were Christopher Columbus's three ships. -
an Italian sailor. Sailing for the English, searched for a passage to the pacific ocean along the coast of Canada and Newfoundland. This became the basis of England's claim to north america.
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(1499 - january 1543) he was a maritime explorer best known for investigation of the west coast of n,orth america.
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Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the terms America and Americas are derived. Between 1497 and 1504, Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery
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explored present day florida in 1513. Looking for the fountain of youth.
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first European too see the east coast of the pacific ocean he started present day panama
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Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies. resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth
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a conquistador who explored mexico in 1519. Conquered Aztec.
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explored the Andes mountains of south america and conquered the Inca empire.
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french sailor, sailed down the saint Lawrence river all the way to present-day Montreal, claiming lands for France.
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explored north Carolina in 1539
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in the north american southwest discovered the grand canyon (in AZ).
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an English captain led a dutch expedition to present day new York
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being marooned
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claimed lands among the Mississippi river and in the Mississippi valley.
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