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Apr 1, 1446
Prince Henry
Prince Henry made a faster lighter ship to sail to Africa. He was a map maker, school teacher, and a ship bulider. Henry traded with the india and sailed around Africa.
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Aug 1, 1487
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Balboa exsplored the Golden cost of Africa in 1481. King John II sent him to sail around the tip of Africa in 1486. August 1487 he did sail around Arica.
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May 20, 1489
Vasco de Gama
Sailed around cape of good hope by Africa to get to india. He traded many good through India untill the people started to tax them. Many of his men died on the trips from lack of vitamin C.
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Jun 5, 1490
Ponce de Leon
Was the first spanish exsplorer to step foot on Florida. He established a settlement in Puerto Rico. Also he discovered the Gulf stream and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Aug 2, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Italy. Cloumbus lived by the meditrranean sea were he learned how to sail at the age of 14. Columbus later became a map maker and wanted to exsplore the west but had little resources. On August 2, 1492 he did sail to the west to descover new lands.
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Mar 5, 1507
Amerigo Vespucci
Found the "New World" in 1507. Traded with central and south America. Helped Colombus with his boats and explorations.
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Mar 5, 1509
Fransisco Pizzaro
Fransisco Pizzaro was an exsplorer and founded Panima city and Panima. Found Inca gold by South Africa. He went on many expiditions. http://www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/gr5web/c5r/explorer_reports/wbender.htm -
Sep 5, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Set sail to south America on his way he named the Pacific Ocean. He arived in Guam, a island that is in the Pacific. they set sail to the Philippines but only 15 out of 250 men made it.
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Hernan Cortes
Cortes wanted to sail to Mexico from Cuba. In 1920 he reached Mexico and fought with the current people the Aztecs. The Aztecs finally drove them out after a year and Cortes had to return to Cuba.
http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/cortes.html
