explorers

Question 1

Lief Erikson

Answer 1

from Scandinavia, was the first European to come in contact with North America found labrador peninsular, 1000

Question 2

prince henry the navigator

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Portugal, built a school of navigation for sailors,early 1400s

Question 3

Bartolomeu Diaz

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Portugal, finds a sea route to Asia, fails to get there, gave the tip of Africa the name cape of good hope¨

Question 4

Vasco da Gama

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Portugal, finds a trade route from Portugal to Asia

Question 5

Vasco Nuez de balboa

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Spain, finds the pacific ocean and present-day Panama, 1513

Question 6

christopher columbus

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italy, he was the first to find the bahammas, 1492

Question 7

Amerigo Vespucci

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Spain , was the first to find out that what Columbus found was not aisa, 1501

Question 8

Ferdinand Magellan

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Spain, first to circumnavigate the world,

Question 9

Hernan Cortez

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Spain, conquistador ,goes to Mexico and conquers the Aztec

Question 10

Francisco Pizzaro

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Spain, conquered the Inca empire, 1534

Question 11

Juan ponce de Leon

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Spain, he found the city san Juan in Puerto Rico also know for going to Florida, 1508

Question 12

Henry Hudson second time

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1610, England found Hudson bay

Question 13

henry hudson first time

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dutch, 1609 landed in new york

Question 14

Giovani De verragane

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1524, France sent to find northwest passage did not find it

Question 15

Samual de Champlain

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France, 1608 founded Quebec in present-day Canada

Question 16

Peter minuit

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Netherlands, he bought Manhatten from natives, 1626

Question 17

what was marco polos book callled

Answer 17

travels of marco polo