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1. Henry Hudson was an English explorer
2.He embarked on multiple sailing voyages that provided new information on North American water routes.
3. Took four voyages that took him to the New World and discovered both a river and a body of water both named after him.

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1. Sir Francis Drake was known as a English Privateer.
2. He was sent by Queen Elizabeth II to South America in 1577, he returned home via the Pacific
3.  He also became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe

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1. Hernando Cortés was a Spanish conquistador
2. He conquered the vast Aztec empire in central America.
3. On arrival on his expedition to Mexico he established a settlement (now Veracruz) and made local allies.

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1.  Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish conquistador and explorer
2. He helped establish the first stable settlement on the South American continent at Darién.
3. In 1513, while leading an expedition in search of gold, he sighted the Pacific Ocean.

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1. Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conqueror of the Inca empire and founder of the city of Lima
2. It was not until 1523, when he was some 48 years old, that Pizarro embarked upon the adventure that was to lead to what he came to be known for
3.  Pizarro was engaged in consolidating the Spanish hold on Peru and in defending his and his brothers’ share of the goods.

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1. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer
2.  He made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502
3. He is most known for his 'discovery' of the Americas

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1. Bartolomeu Dias was a portuguese explorer
2. The first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa
3. Opened the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia

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1. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer
2. He set out from Spain in 1519 with a fleet of five ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands
3. He discovered what is now known as the Strait of Magellan and became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean

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1. Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese nobleman.
2. He sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East.
3. Da Gama arrived in Goa with the task of combating the growing corruption that had tainted the Portuguese government in India.

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1. Jacques Cartier was a French navigator
2. France’s King Francis I authorized the navigator Jacques Cartier to lead a voyage to the New World in order to seek gold and a new route to Asia.
3. He went on three expeditions along the St. Lawrence River and later came to claim the land known as Canada

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1. Prince Henry was a Prince a Portugal
2. He was credited with beginning the Age of Discovery
3.  He sponsor many exploratory sea voyages. In 1418, the Portuguese came upon the Madeira Islands and established a colony at Porto Santo.

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1. Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese navigator
2. He was credited as the first European to reach Brazil
3. King Manuel I entrusted him with the command of the second major expedition to India.