Explorers and Their Journeys

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Diaz

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Traveled around the tip of Africa in 1488.

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Cortes

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Destroyed the Aztec Empire in 1521.

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Coronado

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Claimed land for Spain in the American Southwest while searching for a rich kingdom of gold, silver, and jewels.

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Magellan

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First explorer to circumnavigate the globe in 1519.

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Ponce de Leon

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Searched Florida for the Fountain of Youth in 1513.

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de Soto

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Sailed the American Southeast and discovered the Mississippi River in 1542.

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Columbus

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Wanted to sail west to go east. Given credit for discovering North America in 1492.

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Prince Henry

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Started school of navigation in 1419.

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Leif Ericson

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Found and settled land in present-day Canada in 1001.

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da Gama

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Sailed around Africa and made it to India in 1499.