Early Explorers

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This explorer was the first to reach the Pacific Ocean. He was the first to see it.

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa

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His crew was the first to successfully sail around the entire world. He died in a battle in the Philippine Islands though.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Spanish explorer who claimed land for Spain that is now Florida, looking for the Fountain of Youth, first Spanish explorer to set foot on land that became part of the United States.

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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His name was eventually used in naming the continents North and South America. He was the man who finally figured out they were not in Asia. He sailed down the coast of South America.

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Amerigo Vespucci

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This man wrote about riches and gold in Asia. He is one of the main reasons so many countries and people wanted to find a route to Asia.

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Marco Polo

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He was credited with finding America, but really didn't land in America. Wanted to find the East by sailing West. He was in search of finding Asia.

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Christopher Columbus

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A navigational tool that early explorers used.

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Compass

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Who was trying to find the Northwest Passage but got stuck in the frozen ice and snow, and was mutinied against by his crew, never to be seen again?

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Henry Hudson

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These people were warriors, farmers, and loved telling stories. They discovered Iceland and Greenland.

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Vikings

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Explorers were trying to find a shortcut to _____________.

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Asia