Early European Explorers

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Explored Florida for Spain in the early 1500s

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Ponce de Leon

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Conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain in 1521

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Hernan Cortes

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Conqueror of Peru and the Inca Empire for Spain

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Francisco Pizarro

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Traveled through Florida to the west of North America

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Hernando de Soto

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Explored northeastern North America

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John Cabot

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Explored the St. Lawrence River to Montreal for France

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Jacques Cartier

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First to sail around the world

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Rounded the south of Africa in 1488

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Bartholemeu Dias

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First Europeans to sail to the Americas: ___

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Vikings

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Columbus never thought he found new land, but ___ was among the first to believe it was.

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Amerigo Vespucci