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8 Cards in this Set
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marco polo
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sent to india and china to bring back goods
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christopher columbus
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first explorer to reach new world
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hernan cortez
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conquers the powerful aztecs and estatblishes mexico city.
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Francisco pizarro
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captures the incans empire and establishes peru
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juan ponce de leon
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looking for the fountain of youth and discovers florida
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coronado
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looks for the 7 cities of cibola and find 7 little villages
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jaques cartier
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does not find northwest passage but claims canada for france
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samuel de champlain
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sails up the st.lawrence river and establishes the city of quebec
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