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| Portuguese sea captain who sailed from Spain, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and sailed down the coast of America discovering a narrow passage of water to the Pacific Ocean |
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| Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas |
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| Spanish explorer who discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth |
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| Fought for the rights of Native Americans |
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| Reached Brazil accidently when he was blown off course while on route from Africa to the Indies |
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| Shipwrecked on Galveston Island where he spent eight years living among the Native Americans |
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| Led the first expedition across the southeastern United States while searching for gold; found the Mississippi River |
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| Explored New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas for the city of gold |
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| Joined a military expedition in what is today southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, and San Salvador where he finally settled in Guatemala; he was the first to sight the coast of California |
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| Florentine explorer who sailed under the French flag; first European to sight New York and Narragansett Bay; explored the Atlantic Coast of North America |
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| The brother of Portugal's king; set up a school for sailing and navigation using new instuments |
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| From Genoa with a degree in navigation with a theory that the world was round; was denied for boats from Genoa, but granted by King Ferdidnand and Queen Isabella of Spain |
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| Became king by 18; Anglican religion |
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| French explorer who explored eastern Canada and became known as the father of New France |
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| Discovered the St. Lawrence River; explored Montreal for a Northwest Passage |
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| Portuguese sailor who sailed around the tip of Africa and probed that there was a sea route around Africa |
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| Portuguese sailor who sailed around Africa to India and back; found the first sea route to Asia |
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| Italian explorer who explored part of South America and believed that the land he found was NOT part of Asia |
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| Spanish explorer who helped show Vespucci was correct; in 1513 crossed the jungle to Central America and found the Pacific Ocean |
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| Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs |
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