Explorers
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- Amerigo Vespucci
- Explorer whose name was given to the New World
- Vasco Nunez de Balboa
- First European to see the Pacific Ocean from the west coast of the Americas
- Hernando de Soto
- Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition to see the MIssissippi River
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Led the first expedition to sail completely around the world, although he did not live to complete the voyage
- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
- Spanish explorer of the present-day southwestern United States
- Samuel de Champlain
- French explorer and founder of Quebec, Canada
- Juan Ponce de Leon
- Spanish explorer best known for exploring present-day Florida
- Hernando Cortes
- Spanish conquistador of the Aztec Empire in present-day Mexico
- Christopher Columbus
- Explorer whose voyages opened the New World to the Europeans
- Robert LaSalle
- Frenchman who explored parts of North America
- Francisco Pizarro
- Spanish conquistador of the Inca Empire in South America
- Marco Polo
- Italian merchant whose travels helped inspire European interest in Asia
- Henry Hudson
- English explorer who sailed to North America for both the English and the Dutch