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20 Cards in this Set
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Who discovered the Pacific Ocean
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Vasco de Balboa
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Who traveled around Africa to get to India
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Vasco de Gama
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Exployer who first called America a new continent
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Amerigo
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Spaniard to explore Florida looking for Fountain of Youth
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Ponce de Leon
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English Exployer that Claimed North America for England
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John Cabot
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Viking who came to America
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Leif Ericson
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Discovered America
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Columbus
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Italian who traveled to China and wrote about it
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Marco Polo
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Name Vikings gave Canada
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Vinland
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Island Columbus first landed on
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San Salvador
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Spaniard that Explored South Western U.S. Found Grand Canyon
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Coronado
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Spaniard discovered Mississippi River
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De Soto
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Famous English Sea Dog
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Sir Frances Drake
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Spaniard that conquered Aztecs
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Cortes
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Powerful Indian tribe in Mexico
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Aztecs
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Ruler of Aztecs
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Montezuma
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French Exployer looking for North West Passage. Started fur trade
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Cartier
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French explorer that founded Quebec
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Champlain
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Name French gave to Canada
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New France
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First permanent European settlement in U.S.
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St. Augustine
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