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Ponce de Leon

When was he born? April 8, 1460

When did he die? July 1521

Where was he born? Spain

What country did he explore for? Spain

What years did he explore? 1513-1521

What was the purpose for sailing (exploring)? To find gold and find the fountain of youth and to explore new lands.

What did he discover? Florida and created Puerto Rico's first settlement.
Three interesting facts about Ponce de Leon :

His full name is Juan Ponce de Leon.
He is the first European to set foot onto Florida land.
He helped Christopher Columbus discover America.

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* Zheng He was born on 1371 and died on 1433
* He was born in Kunyang District, China.
* He explored for Mecca, India, and America
* He explored in 1418-1433
* He discovered land and treasure
* interesting facts:
1.) occupied as an explorer and fleet commander
2.) Best known for: Treasure voyages to India
3.) He was the chief aide of the youngle emperor of china

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born- November 22 1643 , Normandy France
died-march 19, 1687
He explored for the country of France.
He explored around 1666-1689.
Roberts reason for exploring and sailing was because he rejected his fathers legacy because Robert was very adventurous.
Robert discovered the Mississippi river , the gulf of Mexico , and parts of Ohio and more...
3 facts about Robert La Salle- La salle loved Texas and in fact he ended up living there in Huntsville. La Salle also enjoyed science and nature as a kid and developed a very adventurous attitude. He also was a part of the Jesuit religion which he gave up in his older years but people would make fun of him for not sacrificing himself to the religion.

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-Jacques Cartier was born in 1491 and died in 1557.
-He was born in the city of saint-malo, France.
-he explored for the county of France.
-he explored in the year 1534.
-his purpose for sailing was that king Francois needed a crew to find a new route to Asia.
-on his journey to finding a new route to Asia he stumbled what is now known as Canada.
-some interesting facts are that his voyage lasted 137 days long, his boats name was Grande Hermine and that he was the first to explore Can.

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Giovanni was born around 1485 near Val Di Greve , 30 miles south of Florence. His early years as an explorer where spent in Egypt and Syria which were still new to the other nations. Around 1506-1507 he began perusing a maritime career. In 1508 he went to France and happened to meet King Frances the first. The king had become worried that France was falling behind due to the rapidly expanding discoveries of other nations. He sent Giovanni to explore the cost of north america he discovered what is now known as the new York harbor. he and his brother set sail through the Caribbean to an island that was heavily vegetated. Giovanni had set out to explore with some of his crew. he was attacked by a bunch of cannibalistic natives and eaten in 1852

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-Bernal Díaz was born in 1492 and died in 1584.
-He was born in Mindina Del Campo, Spain.
-From 1517-1521 he went to explore Mexico with
Hernán Cortés.
-He wanted to set the record straight by responding to the works of contemporary historians who wrote in a more polished style, and they wanted to convert people to Christianity because they were sacrificing people.
-They found shrines holding remains of sacrificed people. There were altars with giant figures that were very tall and very fat. There were so many stones and so much gold. There was a temple and at the top there was an alcove. The wood work was finely hand carved, and they found dead bodies coverd in blood.
- fun facts
-He traveled with Hernán Cortés who was also a rebel
-he manifested great respect for the warriors who challenged Cortés’s army durring their march through mexico

- he wrote memoirs called The true history of the conquest of new Spain.

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-Juan was born in March 13, 1499 and died because of an infected wound on January 3, 1543
-He was born in Spain, although there have been reports of Portugal being his birthplace. Juan's early life remains a mystery.
-He explored the West Coast of North America for the Spanish Empire.
-He is best known for exploring the coast of California in 1542-1543 but has accompanied Panfilo de Narvaez in in the conquest of Cuba (1518) and Mexico (1520).
-He hoped to find riches and wealth in his voyages through the coast of California.
-Juan discovered the coast of California or the West Coast of North America.
[Interesting Facts]
1. Led the first European expedition.
2. Accompanied Hernandez Cortes in the voyage to Mexico.
3. Built a profitable ship building business

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-Vasco Da Gama was born in Sines, a costal town in Portugal
-He explored India
-He explored from 1497 to 1499
-Vasco Da Gama left Portugal on July 8th, 1497 to find a sea route to India.
-Interesting facts :
*Historians cannot agree whether he was born In 1460 or 1469
*because there was a monsoon wind, they reached India in less than one month
*Vasco Da Gama reached India on may 20th, 1498

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- Marco Polo was born in 1254.
- Marco Polo died on January 1324.
- Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy.
- Marco Polo travelled across Asia through China.
- Marco Polo explored in the year 1271.
- Marco Polo's purpose for sailing/exploring was he had journeyed across Asia at the height of the mongol empire.
- Marco Polo was one of the first and most famous Europeans to travel to Asia during the middle ages.
- Three interesting facts about Marco Polo
- Marco Polo was an Italian merchant, explorer, and writer.
- Polo was one of the first Europeans to see a rhinoceros. However, he thought they were unicorns.
- Marco Polo did not introduce pasta to Italy. The dish had already existed in Europe for centuries.

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- He was born sometime in 1574 exact date is unknown,and he died on December 12th 1635.
- He was born in Boruage,France
- He explored The The New England area and explored southern part of Canada
- Explored the St. Lawrence River. He also explored and wrote about Niagara Falls.
- He settled Qubec and mapped the Atlantic Coast of America.
- He explored from 1603 - 1633.
- Explored with François Gravé Du Pont's expedition to Canada.
- Interesting Facts:
- He died of a stroke
- He was the Govener of Quebec for a while
- He first traveled with his uncle from 1601-1603

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Born on December 2, 1485
Died on December 2, 1547
Born in Medellin, Spain
Explored in 1518-1519 and 1524-1526
Purpose was to explore Mexico and get riches
Sailed for Spain
Discovered Aztec Empire of Tenochtitlan which is now Mexico City
He was the governor of New Spain in 1522
He defeated and conquered the Aztecs and wiped out their civilization
He traveled to Honduras to stop a rebellion against him

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Sir Walter Raleigh - Santiago Covarrubias

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Sir Walter Raleigh - Santiago Covarrubias

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Sir Walter Raleigh was born in 1552. He died on October 29th, 1618. He was born in Hayes Barton, Devon, in the United Kingdom. He explored North Carolina and other lands in America, and sailed out in 1578. He had a purpose to find a colony to take over. He discovered a colony in America and in 1585 sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island.
Interesting Facts:
1) He was beheaded at the Tower of London for attacking the Spanish.
2) He named his colony in Roanoke Island “Virginia” in honor of the English queen.
3) He made his first trip to America on a ship called the Falcon with his half brother (Sir Humphrey Gilbert).

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He was born March 9, 1454. He died February 22, 1512. He was born in Florence, Italy. He explored for Spain. Vespucci participated as observer in several voyages that explored the east coast of South America between 1499 and 1502. He sailed so he could explore the land Columbus had found. He also sailed so he could find a way to reach Asia. He sailed along the coast of South America and concluded it was a new land, not Asia. He was aboard the ship that discovered that South America extended much further South than previously thought. North and South America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. He was born to Ser Nastagio and Lisabetta Mini, which were friends of the Medici family who ruled Italy at the time. Many argue over whether Amerigo Vespucci was born in 1454 or 1451.

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born in the year of 1565
Died in the year of 1611
Born in England, United Kingdom
Explored for the United Kingdom
He explored from 1607-1611
His purpose for sailing was that he loved to travel and he travels on behalf of English merchants.
He discovered the Hudson River,Hudson bay, and the Hudson strait
Interesting facts:
He had 3 children
He was an author
The exact date of his death is unknown as is son and 17 of his men where cast off at sea and were never seen again.

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When was he born?
John Cabot was born in 1450.
When did he die?
John Cabot does not have a specific day that he died. He disappeared in 1498 and was pronounced dead in 1500.
Where was he born?
He was born in Geona, Italy.
What country did he explore for?
England.
What years did he explore?
He only explored 3 years because of his disappearence (1497-1500).
What was his purpose for sailing (exploring)?
He wanted to find a shorter path to Asia.
What did he discover?
He discovered Canada, which he mistook for Asia.
Three interesting facts about John Cabot.
1st European to land in North America since the Vikings.
His original name was Giovanni Caboto, but was changed when he started sailing for England.
The ship he sailed on was called the Mathew.

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Born in 970
Died in 1020
Born in the icelandic commonwealth
Explored for iceland
Set sail in 999
Tried to Explore greenland
Accidentally discovered contenential america
1) exiled from norway thanks to a family member
2) discovered america before columbus
3) sailed in the year 999 (cool year)

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born: 1540
died: 1596
where was he born: Tavistock, United Kingdom
what country did he explore: South America, through the Strait of Magellan
what years did he explore: 1577-1580
what was his purpose for sailing: He was an English sea captain & privateer of the Elizabethan era
what did he discover: He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world
3 interesting facts: 1- introduced the potato to England, 2- funded his own Caribbean privateering voyage, 3- elected mayor of Plymouth and member of parliament Portsmouth.

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- He was born on February 3/1480 and died on April 27/1521 in Sabrosa, Portugal.
- He wanted to do the Spanish search for a westward route to Asia.
- It took him 3 years to discover and explore the East Indies(1519-1522).
- The purpose of his voyage was to find a way to reach Asia to continue trading.
- He discovered the Strait of Magellan that located near the tip of South America.
+ Interesting Facts:
1) Being the first to sail around the world
2) Named the "Pacific' Ocean (peaceful ocean)
3) Proved that Europeans could reach Asia by sailing West

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Christopher Columbus was born on October 29th ,1451 and he was born in Genova, Italy. He later explored the ocean side for France in hopes of finding a trade route to India. There are many things we aren't taught about this man.
Christopher was a fraud who never set foot in America and died thinking he had made it to India.the story we all know about him was written in 1828 by Washington Irving who also wrote Sleepy hollow and many other fairy tales. He wrote many of Collumbus' accomplishments which he never actually did. Christopher didn't discover that the earth was round (It was common knowledge in his age) and thought the earth was round and thousands of miles smaller despite many more accurate maps being available. Infact he thought that his three month voyage would only take three days. He actually believed that he could get from Europe to India by boat in three days. Then when he got to the Dominican Republic (not india) he found over 250000 Tiano people already living their this never discovering any new land. He then attacked the natives with 17 armed ships and over 12000 men after they had given them hospitality and places to stay. He then enslaved the survivors while demanding gold that they never had and began to slaughter them in 1542. After all of this the Tianos population dropped to a meer 200. He then traveled the rest of the Caribbean and slaughtered over 12 more native tribes .
So why did Irvings book have such an impact? In the 19th gentry a surge of Italians came to America, only to be oppressed and scrutinized for their heritage. They wanted to prove they were apart of America's story and latched onto Columbus and his fairy tale.

And all of this wrongly got him into our history books and he is remembered as a hero for things he never did, and is never seen as the slaughtering bafoon he really was.