EUROPEAN EXPLORERS

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'The Navigator' from Portugal

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Prince Henry

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He traversed the Panama isthmus, naming the sea the South Sea, now known as the Pacific Ocean.

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Vasco Nunez de BALBOA

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Trips to the New World labeled as such by a German mapmaker.

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Amerigo Vespucci

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First European to discover the Americas, thought he was in Asia.

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Columbus

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Englishman who established New York; bay and river named after him.

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Henry Hudson

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Conqueror of the Aztec Empire in Mexico.

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Cortes

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Two men who established France in Canada:

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Cartier and Champlain

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Discovered the route to the Indian Ocean around the Cape of Good Hope.

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Conquistador who explored the Gulf Coast and likely first European to discover the Mississippi River.

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De Soto

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Spanish explorer who sought the Lost City of Gold in the Southwest, Colorado, and Kansas.

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Coronado