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13 Cards in this Set
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Jacques Cartier |
Sailed for France was french sailed for northwest passage claimed Canada |
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John Cabot |
sailed for England made first English claim in New world such as Newfoundland and Novia Scotia |
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Vasco Nunez Balboa |
found isthmus of panama |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
Portuguese explorer sailing for Spain first to circumnavigate the world |
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Francisco Pizarro |
Spanish conquistador conquered the Incas in Peru |
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Cortes |
Spanish Conquistador conquered Aztec empire in Mexico |
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Prince Henrey the navigator |
Portuguese explorer set up first school for explorers made it halfway down continent of Africa |
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Bartumole Dias |
Portuguese explorer ship blew around southern tip of Africa in a terrible storm |
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Vasco de Gama |
Portuguese explorer sailed around southern of Africa and landed in Calicut India first to find a sea route to India |
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Amerigo Vespucci |
Sailed for Spain and Portugal his maps and sketches were used to name the New world |
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Henrey Hudson |
English sailed for England and the Dutch explored parts of North America especially NY and NJ Explored Hudson river |
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Sir Francis Drake |
first English man to circumnavigate the world part of Northwest passage |
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Gionvanni de Verrazano |
part of Northwest passage sailed for France and discovered New York Bay |
