European History Significant People

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Inventor of the printing press?

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Johannes Gutenberg

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Author of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth?

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William Shakespeare

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Painter of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper?

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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Reformation starter in Europe; translated Latin Bible to German.

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Martin Luther

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Portuguese explorer who established a navigation school and sponsored African voyages.

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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First European explorer from Portugal to India?

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Vasco de Gama

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Discovered the New World and mapped the Caribbean and Central America.

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Christopher Columbus

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Explored and claimed part of Canada for Britain

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John Cabot

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First explorer to sail around the world and named the Pacific Ocean. Strait of Magellan is named after him.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Sailed the St. Lawrence Seaway for France?

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Jacques Cartier