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| Spain 1501 Sailed to Amer. looking for gold; settled Hispanola, crossed Panama |
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| England 1497 Looking for western water route to Asia; found Canada; disappeared on 2nd trip |
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| Spain 1492 wanted to sail West to reach Asia; found Bahamas & that N. Amer. was there |
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| Spain 1519 Looking for gold & silver; destroyed the Aztec Empire |
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| Francisco Vasquez de Coronado |
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| Spain 1540 looking for "cities of gold" (Cibola); explored SW USA |
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| Portugal 1497-1498; trying to find water route to Asia around Africa & he did! |
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| Spain 1539 looking for "cities of gold"; explored SE USA |
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| Portugal 1488; trying to find water route to Asia around Africa; 1st person to round southern tip of Africa |
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| France 1534 looking for a northwest passage to Asia; claimed Canada for France, traveled St. Lawrence River |
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| France 1524 tried to find a northwest passage to Asia; could not find a route |
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| England 1610 looking for northwest passage to Asia; found Hudson Bay; his crew threw him & family overboard |
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| France 1673 looking for Western river route to Asia; followed Mississippi River to Gulf of Mexico |
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| Spain 1519 - 1522 traveled west around South America to reach Asia; reached Phillipines; 1st to sail around the world! |
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| France 1673 looking for western river route to Asia; followed Mississippi River to Gulf of Mexico |
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| Italy late 1200's went to Asia to trade; brought back gold spices & silk; wrote about travels & got others excited |
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| Spain 1532 looking for gold & silver; crushed Inca Empire and killed the chief |
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| Portugal 1500 sailed down west coast of Africa & across Atlantic; found Brazil and South America |
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| Prince Henry the Navigator |
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| Portugal 1400's loved ships and sailing & grew up around ocean; set up a SCHOOL to teach people about maps, boats, and compasses |
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| Spain 1500 sailed west looking for "New Lands"; found South America; had N & S America named for him |
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| Spain ?? looking for gold and land; searching for fountain of youth; claimed Florida for Spain |
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