Explorers
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- Vespucci
- Sails for Spain and Portugal, explores east coast of North and South America
- Cortez
- Sails for Spain, crushes Aztecs and Mexico
- Cartier
- Sails for French, explores Canada
- Christopher Columbus
- Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
- Ponce de Leon
- Sails for Spain, explores Florida for gold
- Coronado
- Sails for Spain, sees Grand Canyon and buffalo
- Balboa
- Sails for Spain, Pacific Ocean
- Hudson
- Sails for Dutch, explores Hudson Bay/River and Manhattan
- Magellan
- Sails for Spain, circumnavigates globe
- Hernando de Soto
- Sails for Spain, explores Mississippi
- LaSalle
- French explorer who explored the Great Lakes, Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico
- Cabot
- Sails for England, explores New England coast
- Verrazano
- Sails for France, explores Hudson River and NY
- Pizzaro
- Spanish conquistador Peru and Incas