Some Important people and a few extra terms
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| Lewis And Clark | Jefferson sent to see if there was this Northwest passage way that connected the Atlantic. documented the Geo of the Western US
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| Robert Peary | Most likely discovered North Pole
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| Eratosthenes | Father of Geo
Created the word
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| Marco Polo | Went to China, wrote memoir in Italy
Intro to Eastern Hemisphere
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| Alexander Von Humboldt | German, Traveled Latin America, Europe and Russia.
Conducted experiments.
One of the founders of modern Geo
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| Leif Ericson | 1st European to set foot in North America
Landed outside of Canada
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| Ponce De Leon | Traveled to Florida looking for fountain of youth. From Spain
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| Vasco Balboa | Spanish explorer, crossed passage way of panama and in doing so became the 1st European to see pacific ocean from new world.
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| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese explore, obtain Spanish nationality to serve the crown, 1st person to attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
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| Christopher Columbus | Italian, His discovery encourages further exploration, discovered Bahamas and Hispaniola.
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| Roald Amundsen | 1st person to reach the south pole
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| Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin | 1st Astronauts to land and explore the moon
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| Jacques Cousteau | French Marine Biologist, explored the seas and all forms of sea life (ship calypso)
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