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| Ferdinand Magellan [image] |
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| Credited for the first circumnavigation, or sailing around the world. |
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Christopher Columbus
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| Columbus sailed west hoping to find a water route to Asia and instead found the new world (the Americas). |
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| Vasco da Gama was a Portugal explorer that was the first to reach India by sea.l |
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| Prince Henry funded expeditions and recruited the best of everyone for voyages. Henry's voyages set up trade with Africa and India. |
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| John cabot explored the North American coasts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. |
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