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10 Cards in this Set
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Sailed for England as Privateer, explored the Western Coast of North America and circumnavigated the globe
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Drake
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Shut down the land routes to the Far East
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Turks
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Started a navigational school even though was never an explorer
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Prince Henry
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Portugese explorer who sailed south around the tip of Africa to India
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Vasco da Gama
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Italian who sailed for England and discovered Newfoundland and Novia Scotia
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Cabot
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discovered the Grand Banks, rich fishing banks off coast Newfoundland
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Cabot
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Drew a world map naming the New World after Amerigo Vespucci
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German Mapmaker
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Spanish explorer searched for the fountain of youth but found Florida instead
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Ponce de Leon'
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Spanish Explorer who was ruthless and cruel. He conquered the Aztecs of Mexico
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Cortes
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1st European explorer to see Pacific Ocean
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Balboa
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