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Explorers
Explorers of the New World
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5th Grade
01/29/2013

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Hernando Cortes
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explorer who conquered the Incan Empire
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Traveled south looking for The Fountain of Youth and named Florida
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Francisco Coronado
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set out in 1540 looking for The 7 Cities of Gold
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Hernando DeSoto
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Looked around the Mississippi for the Northwest Passage
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Francisco Pizzaro
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Conquered the Incan Empire
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Inca
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Group of people that lived in the 1300's in what is today's western coast of South America
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Monarchs
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Ruled most European countries in the 1400's
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Marco Polo
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Traveled across Asia andChina
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The Travels of Marco Polo
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A book that inspired many explorers to want to go to the Indies to find riches
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Balboa
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Explored The Isthmus of Panama
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Dias
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Found a new way to travel from Portugal to Asia
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Cartier
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Tried to find the Northwest Passage
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Hudson
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Named the Hudson River and the Hudson Bay
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Montezuma
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Ruled the Aztec
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Prince henry the Navigater
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Set up a school to train sailers
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Columbus
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Found America
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Magellan
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Was the first to go around the world
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da Gama
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Sailed East wards around Africa
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Verrazzano
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Discovered Cape Fear
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Vespucci
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Named America
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