Age Of Exploration And Discovery

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Prince Henry the Navigator

(1394-1460)

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Portuguese Explorer who sponsored expeditions of discovery in the Atlantic Ocean, down the western coast of Africa.

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Bartolomeu Dias

(1451-1500)

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Portuguese explorer who sailed along the west coast of Africa and was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope.

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Vasco da Gama

(1469-1524)

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Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail from Europe to India.

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Christopher Columbus

(1451-1506)

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Spanish-Italian explorer who since the Vikings discovered the new world.

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Amerigo Vespucci

(1454-1512)

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Spanish-Italian explorer who was the first to recognize that the new lands discovered by Columbus were not part of Asia; North and South America were named after him.

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John Cabot

(1450-1499)

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English-Italian explorer who since the Vikings, explored the mainland of North America and the first to search for the Northwest Passage.

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Jacques Cartier

(1491-1557)

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French explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River, searched for the Northwest Passage, founded the city of Montreal; his explorations served as a basis for French claims in Canada and led to further French expeditions to Canada.

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Juan Ponce de Leon

(1460-1521)

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Spanish explorer who was the first to explore Florida, searching for the Fountain of Youth.

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa

(1475-1519)

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Spanish explorer who was the first to see the Pacific Ocean from its eastern shore.

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Ferdinand Magellan

(1480-1521)

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Spanish-Portuguese explorer to lead an expedition around the world.

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Hernando de Cortes

(1485-1547)

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Spanish explorer who defeated and conquered the Aztec Empire.

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Francisco Pizarro

(1475-1541)

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Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca Empire.

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Hernando de Soto

(1500-1541)

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Spanish explorer who led the first expedition across the southeastern United States.

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

(1510-1554)

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Spanish explorer who lead the first European expedition to the southwestern United States, searching for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

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Samuel de Champlain

(1567-1635)

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French explorer who founded the city of Quebec, the first permanent European settlement in North America, in 1608.

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Sir Francis Drake

(1540-1596)

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English explorer who helped defeat the Spanish Armada and was the first Englishman to sail around the world.

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Henry Hudson

(1570-1611)

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English explorer who was the first English navigator to cross the Atlantic ocean (1609); searched for the Northwest Passage; sailed up the Hudson River in New York.

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Sir Walter Raleigh

(1552-1618)

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English explorer who established the Virginia colony of Roanoke Island in 1584.

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Louis Joliet

(1637-1675)

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French explorer who was the first European to travel down the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes.

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Jacques Marquette

(1637-1675)

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French explorer who co-led with Louis Joliet on the expedition that led to the discovery of the Mississippi River.

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Rene Robert Cavalier Sieur de Lasalle

(1643-1687)

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French explorer who was the first European to sail down the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico; claimed the land from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains and all the way from the Great Lakes down to the Gulf of Mexico for France.