| Early Explorers | Misc. Explorers | Spanish Explorers | French and English Explorers |
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What is Marco Polo
explored the silk road
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What is Ferdinand Magellan
was killed in the Philippines by a poison dart
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What is Juan Ponce de Leon
found Florida
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What is King Francis I
hired an Italian to explore the Northwest Passage
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What is Christopher Columbus
ships were Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria
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What is John Cabot
changed his name and sailed for England
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What is Hernando Cortes
destroyed the Aztec empire
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What is Giovanni da Verrazano
landed on the coast of North Carolina
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What is King Ferdinand and Queen Isabells
financed many explorers expeditions
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What is Vasco Nunez de Balboa
crossed Panama into the Pacific Ocean
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What is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
explored the southwestern US
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What is Jacques Cartier
found the mouth of the St. Lawrence River
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What is John Cabot
found Newfoundland and Labrador
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What is Christopher Columbus
found the Caribbean Islands
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What is Francisco Pizarro
took control of the Inca empire
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What is Henry Hudson
made 4 voyages in search of the Northwest Passage
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What is Amerigo Vespucci
sailed down the coast of South America
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What is Ferdinand Magellan
his voyage proved the world was round
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What is Hernando de Soto
were the first Europeans to see the Mississippi River
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What is The Dutch East India Company
company that paid for Hudson's voyage to Canada
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