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19 Cards in this Set
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Bartolomeu Dias
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Sailed around the southern tip of Africa
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Vasco da Gama
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Sailed around Africa to India
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Pedro Alvares Cabral
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Reached Brazil
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Christopher Columbus
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Explored the West Indies and the Caribbean
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Sighted the Pacific Ocean
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Explored Puerto Rico and Florida
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Led first expedition to sail around the world
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Panfilo de Narvaez/Cabeza de Vaca/Estevanico
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traveled in the Spanish borderlands
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Francisco Coronado
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Explored southwestern North America
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Hernando De Soto
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explored Central America led expedition to the Mississippi River
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Juan Cabrillo
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explored west coast of North America
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John Cabot
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explored east coast of North america
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Henry Hudson
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explored Hudson Bay
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for the netherlands-Henry Hudson
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explored east coast of North America and the Hudson River
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Giovanni da Verrazano
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explored east coast of North America, including present day New York harbor
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Jacques Cartier
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explored St. Lawrence river
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Samuel de Champlain
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explored St. Lawrence river valley and founded Quebec
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Jacques Marquette/Louis Joliet
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explored along the Mississippi river
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Robert de La Salle
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explored Great Lakes /reached the mouth of the Mississippi River
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