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| explorers were looking for this water route through North America to Asia |
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| the amount of money that remains after the costs of a business have been paid |
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| land route from one body of water to another |
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| Italian explorer sent by the King of England to find the Northwest Passage; discovered a valuable fishing area called the Grand Banks |
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| Italian explorer sent by the King of France to find the Northwest Passage; entrance of New York Harbor is named after him |
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| English captain hired by Dutch East India Company to find Northwest Passage; discovered the Hudson River |
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| French explorer searching for Northwest Passage; discovered the St. Lawrence River |
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| French explorer who founded a trading post named Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in North America; made friend with local Native Americans, the Hurons |
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| Jacque Marquette & Louis Jolliet |
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| Discovered the Mississippi River while working together to find the Northwest Passage |
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