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Chapter 3 SS list of Explorers

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He started a school for navigation in Portugal. He was known as the "Explorer that stayed at home." He was the son of King John I.   show
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show Bartolomeu Dias  
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He originally named the southern tip of Africa "The Cape of Storms" but King John II changed that name to "The Cape of Good Hope."   show
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show Vasco de Gama  
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He doubted that Christopher Columbus Had found Asia. He sailed along the coast of north and south america looking for signs of Asia and found none.   show
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Eventually, the continents of north and south america were named after this explorer.   show
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show Giovanni Caboto  
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show Christopher Columbus  
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He set sail from Spain in 1519. He started with 250 sailer on 5 ships. By the time the last ship returned to Spain, there were only 18 crew members left. He died in a battle in the Phillippines.   show
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He was the first to cross the Isthmus of Panama in 1513. He eventually reached the Pacific Ocean.   show
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The Spanish sent a Spanish noble, on an expedition to find gold in the land of the Aztecs.   show
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He set sail in 1528 to try and conquer all the lands along the Gulf of Mexico.   show
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King of the Aztecs, died by a man hurling a rock at his head. Shortly after being hit, he died a few days later.   show
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show Panfilo de Narvaez  
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This conquistador sailed with Columbus on his second voyage. He was in search of a "Fountain of Youth" though to be on the island of Bimini. He landed in what is now Florida. He named it "La Florida" meaning "flowery" in Spanish.   show
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This conquistador explored the southeastern US (what is now South and North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama). He led one of the bloodiest battles that killed many Native Americans. When he died, his men buried him in the Mississippi River.   show
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This Spanish explorer set out to find the "Seven Cities of Gold." They marched to the Pueblo Indian town of Hawikuh but never found the Seven Cities of Gold. He traveled home along what is now known as the Sante Fe Trail.   show
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