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Social Studies 4
Year | Explorer | Information |
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1000-1st | Ericson | Vikings were the first to land in America |
1260-2nd | Marco Polo | Spent 20 years in China; gave Europeans the desire to trade with the Orient |
1394-3rd | Prince Henry | Started the great Age of Exploration; started a navagation school for sailors |
1492-4th | Columbus | Discovered America; admiral of the seas |
1497-5th | De Gama | First to sail around Africa to India |
1497-5th | Vespucci | Man who realized America was a new world |
1513-6th | Balboa | Discovered the Pacific Ocean |
1513-6th | De Leon | Discovered Florida |
1519-7th | Cortes | Conquered Mexico |
1519-7th | Magellan | First voyage around the world |
1540-8th | Coronado | Explored the Southwest |
1541-9th | De Soto | Discovered the Mississippi River |