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14 Cards in this Set
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Marco Polo
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Explored China and brought back new products to Europe.
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Prince Henry
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Ran a school to teach navigation in Portugal.
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Bartholomeau Dias
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Sailed to the Southern tip of Africa
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Vasco da Gama
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Sailed around the Southern tip of Africa all the way to India.
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Christopher Columbus
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Discovered America in 1492.
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Amerigo Vespuci
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Declared that the new land was a new continent.
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Vasco de Balboa
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First European to see the Pacific Ocean.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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First to circumnavigate the earth.
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Hernando Cortez
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Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs.
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Francisco Pizarro
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Conquistador who conquered the Incas.
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Ponce de Leon
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Explored Florida looking for a Fountain of Youth.
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Hernando de Soto
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Explored Florida looking for the seven cities of gold.
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Francisco Coronado
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Explored the Southwest
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Junipero Serro
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A missionary priest who establised missions in California.
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