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He was the first explorer find north America.He also
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prince Henry was responsible for for the early development of Portuguese exploration. He also sponsored a lot of the exploration along the west coast of Africa.
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Bartolomeu was a nobleman and a Portuguese explorer who led the first European expedition to round the Cape of Good Hope.
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He sailed for india to try and find spices and also to prove the world is round.
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Vasco Da Gama sailed from Europe to India by rounding the cape of good hope.He also sailed from Europe to India.
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he discovered what is now Rio de Janeiro.He thought he discovered a new continent,and he called it the new world.In 1507 America was named after him.
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In 1497 John Cabot sailed to north America, where he claimed land in Canada for England.After setting sail in May 1498 for a return voyage to North America, he disappeared.
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He was head of the first stable settlement on the South American continent.He was also the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean.
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Juan Ponce de Leon led a European expedition for gold,but Ponce was in search of the Fountain of Youth as well.
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He was a conquistador who explored Mexico in 1519.He was also a Conquered the asteck
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Hernan Cortes is known for conquering the Aztecs and claiming Mexico on behalf of Spain.Served as a soldier in an expedition of Cuba.
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Ferdinand Magellanan was explorer for Portugal, and later Spain, he then discovered the Strait of Magellan.He also discovered the channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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Alavr Nunez Cabeza de Vaca left Spain as a part of a royal expedition meant to occupy the mainland of North America.
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Francisco Pizarro was known for conquering the Incas and executing their leader, Atahuapla.
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Jacques Cartier was the first European to navigate the St. Lawrence River. He did this in
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In 1540 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado led a vary big Spanish expedition up Mexico’s western coast and into the area that is now the southwestern United States.
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The Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernando de Soto participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru he also discovered the Mississippi River in
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Jaun Cabrillo led the first European expedition that explore the west coast of the United States.Three months later he arrived at San Diego Bay.
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Samuel de Champlain played a major role in establishing New France from 1603 to 1635. He began exploring North America in 1603, he mapped the Atlantic coast of Canada.
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Henry Hudson was hired to find a shorter route to Asia from Europe through the Arctic Ocean.
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Henry Hudson Hudson spent months drifting through the vast Hudson Bay and eventually fell victim to a mutiny by his crew.
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Rene-Robert De La Salle lead an expedition down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
