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Marco Polo
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Went from Europe to Asia & wrote about it
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Neil Armstrong
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First man on the moon
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Found Strait of Magellan - southern tip of Africa
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Hernan Cortes
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Defeated Aztecs
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Lewis & Clark
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Explored Louisiana Purchase
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John Smith
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Founded Jamestown
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Ibn Battutah
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Muslim Scholar who traveled to n Africa
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Bartolome Dias
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1st European to sail around s. Tip of Asia
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Found Amazon river & s. America
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Francisco Pizzaro
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Found & conquered Peru; conquered inca
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James Cook
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1st European to see E. Africa & accurate map of Pacific
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John Cabot
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Found Cape Breton Island & NE Canada
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Jacques Cartier
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Named Canada & made it French. Used st. Lawrence river
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Daniel Boone
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Made path to Kentucky river & founded Boonesborough
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Henry Hudson
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Found Hudson strait, bay, & river
