European Explorer Revie

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Country that claimed these areas:

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Spain

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First European to circumnavigate the globe?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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1st to discover new land west of Europe, thought he was in Asia.

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Christopher Columbus

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Motivation for European exploration?

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Wealth and power.

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Motivation of Europeans: NOT learning from Natives

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learn from the Natives

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Proved Columbus landed in a new land, not the Indies.

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Ponce de Leon's search for...

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Fountain of Youth

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Bay of New York named for this explorer:

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Henry Hudson

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Who taught sailors to navigate using stars and technology?

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Prince Henry

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Portugal's main motivation for exploration

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Find a water route to Asia.