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14 Cards in this Set
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Leif Erikson
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1st European to Get to America
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1st
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Cheng Ho, Zheng He
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travels all around world , naval is banned after death
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Around World
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Bartholomeu Dias
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Explores South Tip of Africa for Portugal
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South Tip
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Vasco De Gama
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Finds water route to India
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water route
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Christopher Colombus
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Looking for India instead fins North America & colonizes
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New World
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Pedro Cabral
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Claimed Brazil Portugal's
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Claim
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Amerigo Vaspucci
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maps out South America and North America so named after him
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North America named
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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claims Pacific for Spain
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Pacific
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Ferdinand Magellan
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circumnavigates world
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world
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John Cabot
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Sails to North America for England
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England
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Jacques Cartier
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Sails to North America for France, goes to St.Lawrence R.
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France, St.Lawrence R.
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Hendry Hudson
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sails to North America for Netherlands
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Netherlands
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Hernan Cortes
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founded Mexico
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Mexico
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Franciso Pizarro
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sailed to Peru, conquered Inca
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Peru , Inca
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