Exploration

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Conquered Mexico and defeated Aztec

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Hernan Cortez

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first to circumnavigate globe

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Ferdinand Magellen

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First to lay claims in Canada

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Jacques Cartier

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First Englishman to sail around globe

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Sir Francis Drake

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Conquered Incan Empire and established Lima Peru

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Francisco Pizarro

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First to sail directly from Europe to India

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Vasco Da Gama

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First to sail around the southern tip of Africa

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Bartolomeu Dias

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A patron of explorers; established navigation school

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Prince Henry

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tool used to determine direction (N,S,E,W)

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Compass

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used to determine latitude using the position of stars

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Astrolabe