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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Portugal, mapped out routes for explorers to take.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Spain, led the first crew to circumnavigate the world.

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Isabella and Ferdinand

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Spain, rulers who funded exploring and conquest.

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Christopher Columbus

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Italian explorer for Spain who sailed the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, landed in the Bahamas and thought it was India.

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John Cabot

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Italian explorer for England, explored Newfoundland in 1497.

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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Attempted to establish Roanoke off of NC coast 1587.

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King Henry VII

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Broke from Catholic Church and founded Anglican Church, exploration delayed.

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Giovanni de Varrazano

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Italian explorer for France, tried to find Northewest Passage in 1497.

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Jacques Cartier

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French explorer, traveled St. Lawrence River extensively.

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Samuel de Champlain

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Established Quebec for France in 1608.

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Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette

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Explored upper Mississippi in 1673.

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Robert de La Salle

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Explored Mississippi basin and established Louisiana.

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Vasco da Gama

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Portugal, found a sea-based route to the Indian Ocean Trade Network.

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Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

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Spanish, Crossed Isthmus of Panamá, saw Pacific Ocean from New World.

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Hernán Cortés

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Spanish, Conquered Aztecs in Tenochtitlan.

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Fransisco Pizzaro

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Spanish, conquered Incas in Peru for silver and gold mines.

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Bartolome de Las Casas

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Spanish Priest who advocated for Indigenous rights: got the New Laws of 1542 passed.

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Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda

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Argued against Las Casas in Valladolid debates, said Indigenous peoples were subhuman.

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Juan Ponce de León

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Spanish, first governor of Puerto Rico, government expedition to Florida, 1513.

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