Explorers Review

First to circumnavigate the globe (well his crew was – he was killed around ½ way.)

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  Ferdinand Magellan
• Amerigo Vespucci
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  Christopher Columbus
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  Marco Polo

Started as a slave trader and a pirate for the English (his motivation was competition with Spain).  He was the first actual captain to circumnavigate the globe.

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  Francis Drake
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  John Cabot
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  Vasco da Gama
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  Zheng He

He walked a ton!  He spread Islamic culture through the Africa and the Middle East.

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  Ibn Battuta
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  Francis Drake
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  Bartolomeu Dias
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  Leif Ericson

America is named after this guy because he claimed the western hemisphere was a “New World” and not part of Asia.

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  Amerigo Vespucci
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  Henry Hudson
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  Leif Ericson
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  Samuel de Champlain

The first European to set foot in the Americas.  He beat everyone by hundreds of years – stayed for a bit, and then went back to his Viking bro’s.

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  Leif Ericson
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  John Cabot
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  Henry Hudson
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  Juan Ponce de Leo

Found Newfoundland.

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  John Cabot
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  Vasco da Gama
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  Ibn Battuta
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  Francisco Pizarro

He has more water named after him than any other person.  He was also kicked off his boat and left to die in the cold.

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  Henry Hudson
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  John Cabot
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  Ferdinand Magellan
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  Hernando de Soto

These 2 guys have sailed together and are both known for their trips from Europe around the Southern tip of Africa called the Cape of Good Hope.

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  Vasco da Gama and  
  Bartolomeu Dias
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  Francis Drake
• John Cabot and Francis Drake
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  Hernan Cortes

Known for Exploring the St. Lawrence River and giving Canada its name.

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  Jacques Cartier
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  Marco Polo
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  Hernan Cortes
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  Ibn Battuta

Traveled to and lived in China – wrote a book and had a HUGE legacy on  future exploration.

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  Marco Polo
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  Zheng He
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  Samuel de Champlain
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  Ferdinand Magellan