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People to Know
Social Studies People to Know
Person | About them |
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Prince Henry | Portuguese explorer who set up a school for sailors |
The Vikings | Group of people who explored New Foundland, Greenland, and Iceland |
Marco Polo | Explored China and wrote books to share knowledge with others |
Christopher Columbus | Italian-born explorer who sailed for Spain in 1492 looking for a faster route to Asia and accidentally discovered the Americas |
Ferdinad Maglein | Explorer for Spain who led an expedition that circumnavigated the world |
Hernando Cortez | Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain |
Giovanni da Verrazano | Explorer for France who discovered much of North America's east coast |
Jacques Cartier | French explorer who discovered the Saint Lawrence River and claimed it for France |
Samuel de Champlain | French explorer who established the colony of New France (Quebec) and Port Royal along the Saint Lawrence River |
Marquette and Joliet | Explored 700 miles of the Mississippi River. Marquette was a French missionary who worked to teach Native Americans about Christianity |
Vasco de Gama | From Portugal, first to sail around the tip of Africa to India |