GACE Explores and Conquerors

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Was Italian, but sailed for Spain

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Christopher Columbus

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Spanish explorer who circumnavigated the globe by sailing around the southern tip of South America

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Vasco de Balboa

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First to reach the Pacific by crossing Central America

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First to explore Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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Who was the first European to reach the Mississippi River?

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Hernando de Soto

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Which explorer is credited with conquering the Inca Empire?

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Francisco Pizarro

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Explored Canada and claimed it for France

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Jacques Cartier

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Francisco Coronado explored the American...

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southwest

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Established English colonies in North America

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Walter Raleigh

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Explored northeastern North America and the Arctic

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Henry Hudson