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18 Cards in this Set
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Hernando Coretz
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Conquistador lookin for gold in the New World. conquered the Aztects
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Prince Henry
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the navigator found a navigational school in portugal. explore east coast of Africa
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Bartolomeu Dias
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sail aorund the tip of Africa and sailers got sick and they had to go back
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Vasco Da Gama
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reach india in 1497
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Christopher Columbus
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sails west to reach Asia but he reaches the west indies name it San Salvador it increases problem between Spain and portugal
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Fernanded Magellan
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his crew sailed around the world in 1519
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Pedro Alvares Cabral
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claims brazil for portugal in 1500s
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Amerigo Vespucci
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travel the east coast to south america said it was a new land
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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first Europpean to see the pacific ocean
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Francisco Pizarro
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conquers the Incas
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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claims florida in 1513 for Spain
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Giovanni da Verrazano
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looking for sea route to the pacific he ended up founding New York Harbor
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jacques Cartier
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founded the St. Lawrence River and Montreal
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Samuel de Champlain
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founded Quebec
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Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet
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explore the Great Lakes and the upper MIssissippi River
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Sieur de la Salle
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explore the lower Mississippi River and claim the entire MI River valley for France (Lousiana)
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Henry Hudson
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explore the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait for the New Netherland and he also start the bases for the New Netherlands
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
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explores present day AZ, NM, TX, OK, and KS
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