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14 Cards in this Set
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Marco Polo - Italy
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First to go to India and China to bring back goods
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Christopher Columbus - Spain
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Discovered the New World
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Hernan Cortez - Spain
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Defeated Aztecs and formed Mexico City
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Francisco Pizarro - Spain
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Conquered Incans and made Peru
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Juan Ponce de Leon - Spain
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Looked for Fountain of Youth and discovered Florida
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Coronado - Spain
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Looked for the Seven Cities of Cibola (City of Gold)
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Jacques Cartier - France
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Looked for Northwest Passage and claimed Canada for France
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Samuel de Champlain - France
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Sailed up St. Lawrence River and founded Quebec
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Robert de la Salle - France
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Sails down the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France
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John Cabot - England
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First English explorer to New World and claims Newfoundland for England
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John White - England
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Establishes colony of Roanoke
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John Smith - England
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Becomes leader of Jamestown and saves the colony
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Henry Hudson - Netherlands (Dutch)
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Sails down Hudson River and establishes New Amsterdam (Manhattan)
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Peter Stuyvesant - Netherlands (Dutch)
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Last governor of New Amsterdam
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