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TWH Explorations
Thirteen Explorers
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7th Grade
12/24/2013
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Amundsen
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first to South Pole
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Cabot, John
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Newfoundland
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Columbus, Christopher
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4 voyages to Americas
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Cortes, Hernando
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conquered Aztecs (Conquistador)
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de Gama, Vasco
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Sea route to India via Cape
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Diaz, Bartholomew
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Cape of Good Hope
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Drake, Francis
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first English circumnavigation
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Frobisher, Martin
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Canada for gold in Eliz. reign (also Gilbert, Hudson, Baffin)
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Livingstone, David
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African explorer and missionary (found by Stanley)
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Magellan
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first voyage around world (he did not complete it)
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Pizarro, Francisco
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conquered Incas (Conquistador)
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Polo, Marco
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land journey from Venice to China
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Ross & Ernest Shackleton
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Antarctic explorers
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