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Jamestown
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History
8th Grade
10/02/2008

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Marco Polo
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Made Europeans want silk and spices in China. Thought of a north-west passage.
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Vasco da Gama
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first to sail around africa to get to india
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Christopher Columbus
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Discovered the new world in 1492
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Person for whom america was named
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Northwest passage
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thought to be an all-water passage to asia and the spice islands
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John Cabot
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Thought of a norrthern route to asia
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Giovanni Da Verranzo
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NC Pamilico Sound
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Discovered and Explored florida
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Hernando De Soto
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first explorer to come to nc on foot
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Pedro Menandes de alivez
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built st. augustine
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