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Sponsored By
Chinese Emperor

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Sponsored By Portugal

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Sailed Around the World

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Founded Rivers in the              Americas

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1. The Navigator launched the first great European voyages of exploration
2. Was the Prince of Portugal
3. Many people called him Henry the Navigator

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1. He was sent by King Francis I to the New World in search of riches and a new route to Asia
2. Cartier's three expeditions along the St. Lawrence River would later enable France to lay claim to the lands that would become Canada
3. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence

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1. Made two unsuccessful sailing voyages in search of an ice-free passage to Asia
2. He discovered a strait in the ocean that led them through the northern waters over Canada, which was later named the Hudson River
3. His crew mutinied, put Hudson, his son, and several other crewmen in a small boat, and left them in Hudson Bay

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1. Was a Venetian explorer and navigator
2.  Known for his voyage to North America, where he claimed land in Canada for England
3. Cabot's final days remain a mystery

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1. Was the most renowned seaman of the Elizabethan era
2. He became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe
3. He discovered that Tierra del Fuego, the land south of the Magellan Strait

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1. He was a Spanish conquistador and explorer
2. Hernando lead to the destruction of the Aztec Empire, and claimed significant portions of Mexico for the Spanish Empire.
3.  Cortés ignored Diego Velázquez's order and traveled with about 500 men and 11 ships to Mexico

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1. He was an Italian explorer and navigator
2. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia. Instead, he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas
3. He had three ships on his first voyage, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria

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1. Pizarro and his brothers conquered Peru, later on founded the nations new capital Lima
2. He was responsible for the demise of the Incan Empire, he claimed their entire empire for the Spanish
3. His close partner Diego De Almargo captured and killed him

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1.  He led the first expedition to sail all the way around the world
2.  The route he discovered is now known as the Strait of Magellan and he became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean.
3. He was killed during a tribal skirmish on Mactan Island in the Philippines

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1. Commissioned by the the Portuguese king to find a maritime route to the east
2. The name of his ship is São Gabriel and the name is found on the bottom right
3. Vasco da Gama left Portugal on July 8th, 1497 to find a sea route to India. He had four ships and 170 men.

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1. Known as a great Chinese explorer and fleet commander
2. Went on seven major expeditions to explore the world and establish trade for the Chinese emperor
3. He led China to be the superpower of the Indian Ocean

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1. First European explorer to sail around the southern tip of Africa
2. Discovered what we call the Cape of Good Hope, allowed Europe to trade with Asia and India
3. Sent by Portuguese King John II to explore the African coast