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11 Cards in this Set
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Bartholomeu Diaz
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Portuguese, first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope
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Francisco Pizarro
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Spanish, Conquered Peru and the Inca empire
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Portuguese, first to sali around the world
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Robert de La Salle
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French explorer, explored the Great Lakes and traveled to the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed it for France
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Samuel de Champlain
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French Explorer, Explored eastern coast of North America and the coast of the St. Lawrence River
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Christopher Columbus
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Made 4 voyages to West Indies and Caribbean Islands
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Italian, Sailed to West Indies and South America, North and South America are named after him
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Francisco Coronado
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Spanish, Explored American Southwest including the Grand Canyon
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Portuguese, sponsored expeditions of the western African coastline
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Vasco de Gama
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Portuguese, First to travel to West Indies around Africa
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John Cabot
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Explored the east coast of North America, first to search for a Northwest passage
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