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explorers
mrs walers class 2012
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who founded two missions along the great lakes | jacques Marguette |
| who explored Panama | Vasco nunes de balboa |
| who started a route around africa to india | Vasco de Gama |
| who traveled through new spain working for reform | Bartolome de Las Casas |
| sailed from cuba to mexico with 500 soldiers | Hernando cortez |
| set out to find atlantic pacific passage and circumnavigated the globe | Ferdinand magellan |
| made first eleven voyages to explore and map land along the St. Lawrence | Samuel de Champlain |
| sailed to south america and had it named after him | Amerigo vespuchi |
| first to america | Leif Ericson |
| decided a more northern rout through america would be easier started the searcH for NORTH WEST PASAGE | John Cabot |
| made four voyages for NW PASSAGE | Henry Hudson |
| explored what is now Florida Georgia and Mississippi | Hernando de Soto |
| set up exploration center in south portugal | Henry the Navigator |