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Question | Answer |
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Eric the Red | Sailed from Greenland to Vinland; a viking |
Christopher Columbus | discovered america |
John Cabot | gave england claim to canada |
Ponce De Leon | searched for the fountain of youth |
Hernando Cortes | searched for gold and found the Aztec empire |
De Vacca | traveled through Florida along the Gulf coast |
Esteban | first black explorer |
Balboa | discovered the pacific ocean |
Magellan | first to sail around teh world |
Cartier | traveled down the st lawerence river |
champlain | founded Quebec |
Henry Hudson | gave Dutch claim to land that is now New York |
La salle | First explorer to travel the entire length of the Mississippi |
Marquette | missionary |
joliet | fur trader |
vasco da gama | first to sail around the southern tip of africa |
sir walter raleigh | attempted the first settlement in the new world; the lost colony |
coronado | first to see the grand canyon |