Explorers

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Jacques Cousteau

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helped protect ocean life

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Reinhold Messner

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Climbed mount everest without oxygen

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Roald Amundsen

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explored the north and south pole

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Edmund Hillary

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First to climb mount everest

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Yuri Gagarin

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first man in space

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Neil Armstrong

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First man to walk on the moon

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Daniel Boone

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Found fast easy route to kentucky

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Sir Francis Drake

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Circumnavigated the world in a single expedition

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Vasco de gama

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first to sail from europe to india

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Bartholomeu Dias

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First to sail around the southern cape of africa

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Ferdinand Magellan

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proved the earth was round

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Jaques Cartier

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Founded Canada in 1534

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Henry Hudson

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discovered the hudson bay

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Vasco nunez de balboa

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established one fo the first mainland settlements in north america

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marco polo

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wrote a book on asia

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ibn battuta

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Left for a pilgrimage to mecca, announced judge in india

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leif erikson

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first to find north america

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Lewis clark

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studied the maped lousiana purchace

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Hernan cortez

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conquered the aztec empire, found california

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Francisco Pizarro

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counquered peru founded Lima

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zheng He

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established political power in visited countries

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Ponce de Leon

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first european to reach florida

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amerigo vespucci

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discovered rio de genero

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john cabot

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first european to mainland north america since vikings

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samuel de champlain

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founded city of quebec

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giovanni de varrazzano

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discovered new york harbor

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pedro alvares cabral

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discovered brazil

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christopher columbus

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second to find americas