Early Explorers of North America
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- Sighted the Pacific Ocean in 1513
- Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Spanish
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Colonized Greenland around 985
- Erik the Red, Norwegian (Norseman, Viking)
- Explored Florida in 1513
- Ponce de Leon, Spanish
- Explored the American Southwest from 1540-1542
- Francisco Coronado, Spanish
- Explored the Mississippi River in 1682
- Sieur de La Salle, French
- Conquered Mexico from 1519-1521
- Hernando Cortes, Spanish
- Navigated Hudson Bay in 1610
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Henry Hudson, English
(explored for the Netherlands) - Explored Frobisher Bay in 1576
- Martin Frobisher, English
- Navigated the Mississippi River in 1541
- Hernando de Soto, Spanish
- Navigated Lake Michigan in 1634
- Jean Nicolet, French
- Navigated the Bering Strait in 1728
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Vitus Bering, Danish
(sailed for Russia) - Explored Greenland in 1892
- Robert E. Peary, American
- Explored North America's coast in 1497
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Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot), Italian
(sailed for Great Britain) - Explored the St. Lawrence River in 1534
- Jacques Cartier, French
- Explored the coast of Maine in 1604
- Samuel de Champlain, French
- Explored the Colorado River in 1540
- Hernando de Alarcon, Spanish
- Found the West Indies in 1492
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Christopher Columbus, Italian
(sailed for Spain) - Settled Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607
- John Smith, English
- Explored the Hudson River in 1609
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Henry Hudson, English
(sailed for the Netherlands) - Navigated the Northeast Passage in the Arctic Ocean in 1879
- Nils Nordenskjold, Swedish
- Explored the Arkansas River in 1673
- Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, French
- Explored Baffin Bay in 1616
- William Baffin, English
- Explored Alaska in 1741
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Vitus Bering, Danish
(Explored for Russia) - Explored the Northwest United States from 1804-1806
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, American
(explored for President Thomas Jefferson) - Navigated Northwest Passage in 1906
- Roald Amundsen, Norwegian
- Explored Canada's Mackenzie River in 1789
- Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian