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10 Cards in this Set
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Ally
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a friend with whom one is united for a common purpose
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Christopher Columbus
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Italian sea captain and explorer sailing under the flag of Spain, he reached the american flag in search of a sea route to Asia.
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Giovanni Verrazano
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Italian sea captain sailing under the flag of France he arrived in New York to be the first European explorer to be in New York city.
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Jacques Cartier
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French explorer who traveled from the Atlantic Ocean up to the St. Laurence river.
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Samuel Champlain
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French explorer who found Quebec in 1608 and also discovered Lake Champlain in 1609.
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Henry Hudson
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English Sea Captain and explorer working for a dutch trading company.
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New York Bay
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Bay is Southern NY at the mouth of the Hudson River
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St. Lawrence River
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River on the border of the USA and Canada
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Quebec
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city in Canada on the north bank of the St. Lawrence river
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Lake Champlain
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long narrow lake in northern NY, forms part of the border with Vermont.
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