Exploration

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Who conquered Mexico and defeated the Aztecs?

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Hernán Cortés

Front

First to circumnavigate the globe

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Ferdinand Magellan

Front

First to lay claims in Canada

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Jacques Cartier

Front

First Englishman to sail around the globe

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Sir Francis Drake

Front

Who conquered the Incan Empire and established Lima, Peru?

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Francisco Pizarro

Front

First to sail directly from Europe to India

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Vasco da Gama

Front

First to sail around the southern tip of Africa

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Bartolomeu Dias

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A patron of explorers; established a navigation school

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Prince Henry

Front

Tool used to determine direction (N, S, E, W)

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Compass

Front

Used to determine latitude using the positions of stars.

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Astrolabe