European explorers

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Vasco De Gama: Nationality, Sponsor, Goal, Date, Location, Results

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Portuguese, Portugal, sought southern route to Asia, 1498, sailed around Africa to India.

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Columbus: Italian, Spain, sailed west for Asia, 1492, Bahamas; Central/South America, claimed land for Spain; Columbian Exchange.

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Italian, Spain, sailed west to find shortcut to Asia, 1492, Bahamas; Central and South America, claim land for Spain; columbian exchange.

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Hernán Cortés: Spanish, Spain, search for gold, 1519, Mexico.

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Killed Montezuma II, claimed Mexico for Spain.

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Francisco Pizarro: Spanish, Spain, search for Gold, 1532, Inca empire (Pacific coast, South America), killed Atahualpa, conquered Inca, brought back silver and gold.

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Nationality: Spanish, Sponsor: Spain, Gold: Fountainview, Date: 1513, Location: Florida, Result: First European to reach Florida and found colony.

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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Founded a navigation school and aimed for Portuguese ships to sail south along Africa to reach Asia, controlling land routes:

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Prince Henry

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Nationality: Spanish, Sponsor: Spain, Goal: searching for gold, Date: 1541, Route: Florida to North Carolina & across the Mississippi, Result: first European to cross the Mississippi.

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Hernando de Soto

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Nationality: Spanish, Sponsor: Spain, Goal: Seven Cities of Gold, Year: 1572, Route: North of Mexico to Arizona/New Mexico/Colorado; Result: Did not find cities of gold.

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Francisco Coronado

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Spanish missionary who spoke against the mistreatment of Native Americans and wrote about their advanced cities (1563).

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Father Bartolome de las Casas

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Italian explorer, 1497, found rich fishing area off Newfoundland.

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John Cabot