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26 Cards in this Set
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Sighted the Pacific Ocean in 1513
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Spanish
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Colonized Greenland around 985
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Erik the Red, Norwegian (Norseman, Viking)
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Explored Florida in 1513
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Ponce de Leon, Spanish
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Explored the American Southwest from 1540-1542
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Francisco Coronado, Spanish
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Explored the Mississippi River in 1682
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Sieur de La Salle, French
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Conquered Mexico from 1519-1521
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Hernando Cortes, Spanish
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Navigated Hudson Bay in 1610
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Henry Hudson, English
(explored for the Netherlands) |
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Explored Frobisher Bay in 1576
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Martin Frobisher, English
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Navigated the Mississippi River in 1541
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Hernando de Soto, Spanish
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Navigated Lake Michigan in 1634
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Jean Nicolet, French
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Navigated the Bering Strait in 1728
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Vitus Bering, Danish
(sailed for Russia) |
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Explored Greenland in 1892
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Robert E. Peary, American
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Explored North America's coast in 1497
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Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot), Italian
(sailed for Great Britain) |
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Explored the St. Lawrence River in 1534
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Jacques Cartier, French
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Explored the coast of Maine in 1604
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Samuel de Champlain, French
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Explored the Colorado River in 1540
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Hernando de Alarcon, Spanish
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Found the West Indies in 1492
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Christopher Columbus, Italian
(sailed for Spain) |
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Settled Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607
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John Smith, English
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Explored the Hudson River in 1609
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Henry Hudson, English
(sailed for the Netherlands) |
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Navigated the Northeast Passage in the Arctic Ocean in 1879
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Nils Nordenskjold, Swedish
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Explored the Arkansas River in 1673
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Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, French
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Explored Baffin Bay in 1616
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William Baffin, English
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Explored Alaska in 1741
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Vitus Bering, Danish
(Explored for Russia) |
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Explored the Northwest United States from 1804-1806
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, American
(explored for President Thomas Jefferson) |
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Navigated Northwest Passage in 1906
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Roald Amundsen, Norwegian
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Explored Canada's Mackenzie River in 1789
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Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian
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