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11 Cards in this Set
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Italian explorer who landed in present-day Newfoundland but told people he had found Cathay.
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Caboto
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name of the first European settlement in the Americas
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Vinland
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European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe
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Magellan
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local name for the Island which Columbus first landed
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Guanahani
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Italian explorer who figured out that Columbus had not reached Asia
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Vespucci
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first european to make a globe
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Martin Behaim
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portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa
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Dias
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leader of the first Europeans to visit the americans
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Eriksson
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Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa
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Da Gamma
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portuguese leader who started a school for navigators
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Prince Henry
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European whose descriptions of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia
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Marco Polo
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