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13 Cards in this Set
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Behaim
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Made the first globe.
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De Soto
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Claimed for Spain what is today Southeast United States
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Champlain
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Found Montreal and Quebec
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Vespucci
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Figured out that Columbus did not reach Asia
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Marco Polo
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His descriptions of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia
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Balboa
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Found the Pacific Ocean
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Magellan
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Proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing West from Europe
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Cortes
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Leader of the Conquistadors who conquered the Aztecs
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Pizarro
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Conquistador who ordered his soldiers to kill the Incan Emperor
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Ponce de Leon
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Searched for the Fountain of Youth
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de Coronado
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Searched for the Seven Cities of Gold
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Cartier
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Looked for the Northwest Passage
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Constantinople
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City captured by the Turks
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