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216346874Bartolemeo Diaz1487, rounded Cape of Good Hope, turned back due to mutiny/storms
216346876Vasco de Gama1497-1499, Reached India, returned spices and cloth to Lisbon, Portugal to India route
216346878Alphonso de Albuquerque1509-1515, Gov. of India, opened Indian ports with cannon (i.e. Calicut, Malacca, etc.)
216346880Christopher Columbus1451-1506, Discovered America (landed Cuba) while trying to reach India
216346882Pedro Cabral1500-1501, Went with Diaz to set up trading posts in India, Claimed coast of Brazil on Apr. 22, 1500 for Portugal, went S and W and rounded Cape of Good hope, reached india, six ships w/ spices returned to Lisbon July 1501
216346884Vasco Nunez de Balboa1475-1517, Discovered Pacific Ocean by traveling across Panama
216346886Ferdinand Magellan1519, died on expedition, sailed around whole world and verified that it was round
216346888Hernan CortezConquered Aztec and founded Mexico City as capital of New Spain
216346890Francisco Pizarro1470-1541, Conquered Incan Empire and established Spanish voceroyalty of Peru
216346892Ponce de Leon1460-1521, Explored Florida area
216346894Hernan de Soto1510-1554, Explored North America, disc. Mississippi river
216346896Francisco Coronado1510-1554, Explored north America, disc. New Mexico, Southwest
216346898John Cabot1497, Sailed for Brazil, discovered Newfoundland, explored New England coast as far south as Delaware
216346900Francis Drake1577-1580, Amiral/buccaneer, sailed around world and LIVED!
216346902Martin Frobisher1535-1594, Navigator/explorer, searched for Northwest Passage
216346904Giovanni Verrazzano1480-1527, Navigator/explorer, mid-Atlantic coast and Cape Fear
216346906Jacques Cartier1534-1541, Explored St. Lawrence region of Canada and named Canada for the French
216346908Samuel de Champlain1567-1635, Explored Americas, founder of Quebec, 1st colonial gov. from 1633-1635, first permanent French colony
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