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Explorers
Question | Answer |
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Vasco Da Gama | 1st to sail around Africa to Asia |
Ferdinand Magellan | first to circle globe |
Henry Hudson | sailed Hudson River, discovered Hudson Bay |
Jacques Cartier | discovered St. Lawrence River, named Canada |
Samuel de Champlain | discovered Quebec and Lake Champlain, father of New World |
Christopher Columbus | discovered New World, introduce disease to natives |
Amerigo Vespucci | America named after him |
Hernan Cortes | conquistador, conquered Aztecs |
Fransisco Pizarro | conquistador, conquered Incas |
Hernando De Soto | conquistador, first to cross Mississippi River |
Juan Ponce de Leon | first European to set foot on US (Florida), found first settlement in Puerto Rico |