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Was born in 1475 CE
Died in 1541
Francisco Pizarro was born in Spain and his nationality is Spanish. Pizarro's objective was to explore and obtain land and wealth for Spain.
He became famous and is known for conquering the Inca Empire of Peru. In 1513 he joined Vasco de Balboa in his march to the "South Sea" during which Bolboa discovered the Pacific ocean. In 1532, Pizarro and his brothers conquered Peru.  During his quest, Pizarro also killed their emperor, Atahualpa which led Spain to have a firm control over south America.
interesting facts about him are  when he died, Pizarro was killed by his own people In 1541, Hernando de Soto was part of his group and no one was really sure where he was born.

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Born: 1450 in Italy
Died: 1499?
Country Explored: Canada
What years did he explore? 1495- 1497
Purpose for sailing: King Henry IV of England requested him to sail to Asia.
Discovered: Canada
Interesting facts:
1. His real name was Giovanni Caboto
2. It is still a mystery about how he died.
3. Caboto translates to coastal seaman

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1.) When was he born?
1485 (no specific date)
2.)When did he die?
December 2, 1485
3.)What county did he explore?
Mexico
4.) What years did he explore?
1518-1522
5.)What was his purpose for exploring Mexico?
Mainly he explored for wealth.
6.) What did he discover?
Aztec civilization and the land that now makes up Mexico.
Interesting facts about Hernando Cortez.
1. At the age of 14 he was sent to law school.

2. His conquest of Mexico was unauthorized.

3. He spent the later years of his life attempting to gain recognition for his achievements.

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Explorers Name: Robert La Salle

When was he born?  November 22, 1643

When did he die? March 19, 1687

Where was he born? Rouen, France

What country did he explore for? France

What year(s) did he explore? Spring of 1666

What was he purpose for sailing (exploring)? To find route to china

What did he discover? Native People, “Great River”, Fort Frontenac

Interesting facts that you learn about the explorer?

1) Built a Fort on Lake Ontario

2) He was MURDERED!!!!

3) The last people he ever met were Indians who ended up murdering him because of a dispute

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Born on 9 March, 1454 in Florence, Italy and died on 22 February 1512.

Explored for: Spain

Purpose for Exploration: After his first exploration with Guido Antonio Vespucci, Amerigo Vespucci became fascinated with adventure and exploration.

Discovery(s): Vespucci discovered the areas of Venezuela, Rio de Janeiro, and Rio de la Plata.

Interesting Facts:
1) "America" comes from Vespucci's first name; America was named after him!
2) Vespucci didn't begin exploring until he was 40 years old.
3) After his years of exploring, he ran a school for navigators in the Spanish House of Trade.

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-Exact birth & death date unknown but: 1492-1585
-Born: Medina del Campo, Spain
-He explored Mexico with Hernan cortes.
-He explored from 1519-1541
-He wanted to conquer Mexico
-He found Tenochtitlan
Interesting facts)
1.He was a member of the expedition that conquered the Aztec
2. While on his expedition, he came up with the grand idea to log down his ideas
3. Conquered the Aztec empire with Hernan Cortes

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Born:
1467 CE, Portugal

Died:
1520, Santarem

Nationality:
Portuguese

Explored for:
Portugal

Years explored:
1499-1501

Purpose:
He was trying to find new trading routes and ports

Discovered:
He was the first person to discover Brazil

Interesting facts:
1) Originally named Brazil "Vera Cruz."

2)Fought with Muslim traders in India and retaliated by burning their ships.

3)Married Dona Isabel de Castro, a descendant of royal blood.

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Vasco da Gama
Born: 1460
Died: December 24, 1524
Place of Birth: Sines, Portugal
Vasco da Gama explored for his birth country of Portugal. His father was also an explorer for Portugal.
He began sailing from Libson in 1497 and reached the trading post of Calicut, India in May of 1498. He was sent on a second expedition in 1502; finally returning to India two decades later-where he died.
When he began exploring, his purpose was to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the east.
Vasco da Gama found a trade route from Portugal to the east-India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and sailed all the way to India.
1) There were a lot of monsoon winds that pushed his ship to India in less than one month.
2) On the trip, half of Vasco da Gama's crew died of scurvy- a vitamin C deficiency.
3) He had six sons and one daughter. One of his sons became the governor of Portuguese India.

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Born and Died- In 1540 and died in January of 1596 at the age of 55.

Where was he born?- Francis was born in Travistock, Devon, England.

What country did he explore for?- He said explored for England.

What years did he explore?- Francis explored from the years 1577-1580.

What was his purpose  for sailing/ exploring?- He inaugurated an era of privateering and piracy in the western coast of the Americas.

What did he discover?- Tierra del Fuego, the land south of the Magellan Strait, was not part of a southern continent as had been believed, but a group of islands.

Interesting Facts
1. He was the oldest of the twelve sons.

2. At age 23, Drake made his first voyage to the Americas.

3. Drake became the Mayor of Plymouth, and was a member of parliament in 158

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born:1565
died: June 22, 1611
born in :England
explored for India
(when):Henry made his first voyage in 1607 when he was hired to find trade route to Asia through the Arctic ocean and he made his final voyage in 1610.
purpose for exploring: he was trying to find an ice-free pasage to Asia
discovered: Hudson bay, Hudson river, Hudson strait
facts:
1. Hudson made four voyages during his career, 2 of which were unsuccesful
2.In June 1611, Hudson's shipped was blocked by ice and he wouldn't let his men leave so they tied him in a small boat with 5 other crew men and left them there and it is unknown what happened to them.
3.It was believed that Henry Hudson attended Harvard University

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Born: 1474 in Santervas De  Campos, Castile.

Died: 1521 in Havana, Cuba.

Ponce De Leon was a Spanish explorer and may have come to the Americas with Christopher Columbus in 1492.

He discovered Puerto Rico and Florida.

1. He died after he was wounded in a fight with natives from Florida.
2. He lead the first known expedition into La Florida.
3. It is rumored that he was searching for the Fountain of Youth.

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DOB: c.OCT. 31, 1451 Genoa, Italy
DOD: May 20, 1506 Valladolid, Spain
Columbus began his first voyage in 1476, almost dying to French privateers burning his ship and having to swim to the Coast of Portugal. In 1492, he sailed for the purpose of finding a quicker route to Asia, to no avail. Instead, by landing in different points in the Caribbean, he inadvertently discovered America. He returned from his final voyage in 1504 after tricking Native Americans that he would take away the moon(he said, shortly before a lunar eclipse) if they didn't release their European prisoners. Christopher Columbus died 2 years later, still believing he'd discovered a route to Asia.

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Born: 1485 in Greve in Chianti, Italy
Died: Killed 1528 by native cannibals.
Explored for: King Francis (France)
Explored from: 1525 to 1528 for a route to the pacific in North
Sailing Purpose: To find a route to the pacific on the East coast of the Americas
Discovered: New York Harbor and charted Atlantic Coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland
Interesting Facts:
1-He was eaten by native cannibals in the Caribbean.

2-He was the first European to set foot in New York Bay.

3-Giovanni was the only explorer to anchor away from shore.

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He was born in 1490, and he died in 1559. He was born in Extremadura, Spain. The country he explored for was Spain. The purpose for his exploration was to sail with Panfilo de Narvaez so Spain could claim territory from Florida to Mexico.
He explored from 1527-1536. He discovered parts of Arizona and New Mexico, and parts of the Galveston Island.
Interesting Facts:
1) After being shipwrecked in Texas, he was captured by Karankawa native Americans, and was held as a slave until he proved himself as a medicine man.
2) Before his exploration, he served in the military of Spain.
3) He sought to end the abuse of native Americans, but the colonists he was governing did not agree with that, so they sent him on a ship back to Spain.

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Born: 1475 in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain
Died: January 12-21 1519 in Acla Panama.
He first started exploring in 1500 after being inspired by Christopher Columbus. The purpose was for gold and riches and to bring the royal 1/5 to the king. He was the first European to reach the pacific ocean through the new world by the isthmus of Panama on September 1,1513.
1 For a few years he was a pig farmer in hispanola.
2 in 1509 he stowed away in a barrel with his dog Leoncico.
3 Balboa was sentenced to death by decapitation but it took three tries to do so.

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born: September 15, 1254
died: January 8, 1324
Born in Venice Italy.He explored China. He started his exploration in 1271-1292. His purpose was to bring a letter from the pope, christian scholars and oil from the lamp at the holy sepulcher to Kublai Khan. He discovered paper money, use of coal , and introduced eyeglasses.
Interesting Facts:
1) traveled with Christopher  Columbus.
2)Wrote "The travels of Marco Polo"
3)Marco Polo became ill and doctors tried to heal him, but they were not successful and he passed away.

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When was he born, when did he die?
Born in 1371
Died 1433 in Kozhikode, India

Where was he born?
Kunyang Sub district

What country did he explore for?
He was exploring for China

What years did he explore
1371–1433 or 1435

What was his purpose for
sailing ( exploring )?
To establish trade relationship with various parts of southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and Africa.

What did he discover?
Zheng He commanded of one of the largest fleets to explore various regions of the world. As requested by his emperor, he established Chinese trading relationships with regions of Southeast Asia, India, Arabia and Africa.

Interesting facts
1) he was burned at sea in his seventh voyage.

2)He also went by the name of San Bao (which means Three Jewels) while serving the prince.

3)The ships that Zheng He sailed were called "junks". They were much wider and larger than the ships used by the Europeans in their explorations.

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Born/Place of Birth: August 13, 1574 in Hiers-Brouage, France

Died/Place of Death: December 25, 1835 in Quebec City, Canada

Explored For: France

Purpose of Exploration: To map the North American Atlantic Coast, the Great Lakes, and establish colonies such as the city of Quebec

Discovered: He discovered land that would sustain the great city of Quebec

Interesting Facts:

1. Champlain's birth wasn't known until 2012, when his baptismal certificate was found.

2. His exploring days came to an end after taking an arrow to the knee.

3. He began a war with Native Americans that lasted 500 years with France.

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Born/Place of Birth:
Born in the province of Badajoz, Spain 1495
Died/Place of Death:   He died in present day Arkansas on the banks of the Mississippi River in 1542
Purpose of Exploration: Hernando came to America to make money off the slave trade and supply ships to Francisco Pizarro
Discovered:He discovered the Mississippi River
Interesting Facts:
1-De Cortes was invited by Davila, the governor of Darien, to join him on an expedition to the West Indies when he was 14. He went on the voyage at 32.
2-Hernando de Soto was named into the Explorer Hall of Fame in Genoa, Italy.
3-He was buried in the Mississippi River when he died a year after discovering it.

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Born: 1510 in Salamanca, Spain
Died: September 22, 1554 in Mexico
Coronado explored the Western coast of Mexico and the Southwestern United States between the years 1540 and 1542. he explored in hopes of finding the rumored seven golden cities of Cibola in the north. Though he did not discover the cities, he did discover the Grand Canyon and the Great Plains of Kansas.
Interesting Facts: 1.Francisco was the youngest son of a wealthy aristocrat.

2. He was forced to return home when he fell off his horse and injured himself.
3.  He was injured during a battle with the Zuni people, so he stayed with them while he recovered and sent scouting parties to continue his expedition until he was able to.

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-born in 1450 in Algarve
-He died May 29, 1500
-He explored Portugal and sailed from August 1487 to May 1488
-he sailed to find a trade route to India for King John ll of Portugal and wanted to find lands ruled by Prester John a fabled Christian priest and ruler
-He ended up finding a sea route from Europe to Asia and he also discovered Cape of Good Hope, the tip of Africa
Interesting Facts:
1. He was a sailing master of the man-of-war "warship" called San Christovao
2. During the expedition a storm blew his crew's three ships out to sea and the crew didn't find land for 13 days
3. Dias ship sunk in the storm, it was one of the 4 ships in the fleet of 13 ships that were sinking

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· Born circa 970 AD
in Iceland
He died circa 1020
He sailed for Greenland and explored in  the  year 1000
He explored to settle Greenland
He discovered North America  before Christopher Columbus, though his motives are unknown, and found a place he called Vinland or Wineland
Interesting facts:
He was the son of Erik the Red, a fierce Viking
He has a Viking saga
He was known as Leif the Lucky because he managed to survive a winter in Vinland despite his father falling off a horse before the journey, a bad omen

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~ DATE OF BIRTH
Magellan was born on, May 19, 1480
~WHEN DID HE DIE
He died on, April 27, 1521.(Age of 40)
~WHERE WAS HE BORN
Sabrosa, Portugal was where this explorer was born.
~WHAT YEAR(S) DID HE EXPLORE FOR
He explored from 1519-1520.
~WHAT WAS HIS PURPOSE FOR SAILING
Magellan wanted fame and fortune. So when the Portuguese denied him to explore for them, he set out from Spain with 5 ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Island.
~ WHAT DID HE DISCOVER
Magellan discovered the Strait of Magellan, a passageway through Southern South America and the Pacific Ocean.
~ INTERESTING FACTS
1. He gave the Pacific Ocean its name, he originally named it "Mar Pacifico" meaning "Peaceful Sea" in Portuguese.
2. The next circumnavigation took place nearly 60 years after the return of Magellan's expedition.
3. Although Magellan was known for the first man to travel around the world, it was his personal slave, Enrique, who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe.