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Explorers/Navigators Flashcards

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Bartolomeu Dias was born in

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Portugal

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Bartolomeu Dias sailed for

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Portugal

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Bartolomeu Dias did

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He sails to the southern tip of Africa

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Vasco de Gama was born in

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Portugal

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Vasco da Gama sailed for

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Portugal

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Vasco da Gama did what

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He sailed to India by rounding the Cape of Good Hope (going around the bottom of Africa)

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Ponce DeLeon was born in

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Spain

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Ponce DeLeon sailed for

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Spain

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9
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Ponce DeLeon did what

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The Spanish conquistador/explorer was searching for the Fountain of Youth in present-day Florida

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10
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Amerigo Vespucci was born in

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Italy

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Amerigo Vespucci sailed for

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Spain

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Amerigo Vespucci did what

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He reached South America (Brazil) and inspires a mapmaker to name the new continent

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13
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa was born in

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Spain

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa sailed for

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Spain

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15
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Vasco Nunez de Balbao did what

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He reached the Pacific by going through Panama

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Ferdinand Magellan was born in

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Portugal

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Ferdinand Magellan sailed for

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Spain

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18
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Ferdinand Magellan did what

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His crew sails around the world, his voyage proves the world is much bigger than expected + proved earth was round

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Pedro Cabral was born in

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Portugal

20
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Pedro Cabral sailed for

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Portugal

21
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Pedro Cabral did what

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He comes up with the name “Brazil

22
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Giovanni Verrazzano was born in

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Italy

23
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Giovanni Verrazzano sailed for

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France

24
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Giovanni Verrazzano did what

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He finds present-day New York Harbor

25
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Jacques Cartier was born in

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France

26
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Jacques Cartier sailed for

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France

27
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Jacques Cartier does what

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Finds present-day Montreal

28
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Samuel Champlain was born in

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France

29
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Samuel Champlain sailed for

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France

30
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Samuel Champlain did what

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Finds present-day Quebec

31
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Robert Lasalle was born in

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France

32
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Robert LaSalle sailed for

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France

33
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Robert LaSalle did what

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He sails down Mississippi and claims southern regions for France

34
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John Cabot was born in

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Italy

35
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John Cabot sailed for

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England

36
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John Cabot did what

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He made the first English claim in North America

37
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Sir Walter Raleigh was born in

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England

38
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Sir Walter Raleigh sailed for

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England

39
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Sir Walter Raleigh did what

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He set up the colony of Roanoke-failed because of starvation

40
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Francis Drake was born in

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England

41
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Francis Drake sailed for

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England

42
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Francis Drake did what

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He was the First Englishmen to sail around the world

43
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Henry Hudson was born in

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England

44
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Henry Hudson sailed for

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England

45
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Henry Hudson did what

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He was an Englishman who tries to find a northwest passage

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