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6 Cards in this Set
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Vasco da Gama
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Portuguese navigator he became the first European to sail around Africa and reach India by sea
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Christopher Columbus
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Italian Explorer sailing for Spain to reach the Americas in 1492 while searching for a western sea route from Europe to Asia
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Portuguese navigator his ships were the first to circumnavigate the globe so he died on the journey
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Henry the Navigator
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Prince of Portugal and patron of exploration he may know gorgeous and self but he spent his life directing voyages of discovery along the African coast
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Sir Francis Drake
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English Admiral here and at the tip of South America and explore the West Coast he ended up heading west to return to England thirst becoming the second man to circumnavigate the globe
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Henry Hudson
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English navigator he sailed for the Dutch East India Company and discovered the Hudson River in present-day New York
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