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Explorers Flashcards

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Viking 1002

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Leif Eriksson

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Founded Vinland

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Leif Eriksson

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Established trade routes over land to Asia

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Marco Polo

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Spain, 1492

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Christopher Columbus

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Discovered the West Indies such as Bahamas and Cuba

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Christopher Columbus

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England, 1493

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John Cabot

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Explored a more north western route to Asia and founded Newfoundland

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John Cabot

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Italian, 1499 and 1502

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Discovered that Christopher Columbus had founded a new continent

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Amerigo Vespucci

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New land was named America when a German map maker made a map of the New World

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Spain, 1513

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa and Ponce de Leon

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Crossed Panama on foot. First to see Pacific Ocean.

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa

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First to explore present day North America

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Ponce de Leon

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Claimed the land for Spain and called it “La Florida”

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Ponce de Leon

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Spain, 1519

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Hernando Cortez and Ferdinand Magellan

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Explored East Mexico

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Hernando Cortez

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Defeated Aztec for barbarian ways

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Hernando Cortez

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Sent to find west route to Asia around Southern tip of Americas

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Ferdinand Magellan

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First to sail Pacific, also named it

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Died in voyage, but one ship made it back to Spain in 1522

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Ferdinand Magellan

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France, 1524

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Giovanni de Verrazano

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Explored North Carolina and New England

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Giovanni da Verrazano

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Spain, 1531

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Francisco Pizarro

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Explored and conquered Inca empire (South America)

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Francisco Pizarro

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Claimed East Canada

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Jacques Cartier

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Explored most of Southeast America

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Hernando de Soto

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Spain, 1539

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Hernando de Soto

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Spain, 1540

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

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Explored southwestern part of United States and claimed much of the US for Spain

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

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Searched for “7 Cities of Gold”

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

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Spain, 1542

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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

32
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Searched for Strait of Anian

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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

33
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Claimed more land for Spain (CA, OR, WA)

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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

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