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10 Cards in this Set
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Which explorer expedition was the first to sail around the world?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Who was the first explorer to land in North America?
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Leif Ericcson
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Which explorer was searching for the Northwest Passage and claimed land in Canada for England?
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John Cabot
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Which explorer is the Hudson Bay and the Hudson River named after?
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Henry Hudson
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Which explorer thought he landed in the East Indies and named the Natives in the land Indians?
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Christopher Columbus
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Which explorer are the Americas named after?
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Which explorer was the first to cross the Mississippi River and explored for Spain?
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Hernando de Soto
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Which explorer sailed for France and claimed all the land surrounding the Mississippi River down to Louisiana for France?
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Robert LaSalle
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Which Portugeuse explorer never sailed, but started a school for sailors and navigators?
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Which explorer was a Viking from Greenland and landed in what is today called Newfoundland?
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Leif Ericcson
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