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11 Cards in this Set
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Leif Eriksson
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1000
Norway discovered the Americas |
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Jacques Cartier
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1534 and 1535
France sailed along the coast of North America from present day North Carolina to Maine |
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Francisco Pizzaro
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1534
Spain conquered the Inca empire |
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Christopher Columbus
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1492
Spain (but Italy funded him) made 4 voyages to the Americas |
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Magellan
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1519
Portugal his crew circumnavigated the world |
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Hernan Cortes
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1519
Cuba sailed to present day Mexico |
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Amerigo Vespucci
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1501
Spain believed he found a "new world" (America was named after him) |
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Balboa
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1513
Spain discovered the Pacific Ocean |
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Hernando de Soto
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1541
Spain discovered the Mississippi River |
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Barthlomeu Dias
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1488 AD
Portugal first to tip of Africa, Cape of Good Hope |
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Vasco da Gama
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1497 AD
Portugal first to go around Africa to India and Asia |
