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| Vasco Nunex de Balboa: Discovers the Pacific | 
| John Cabot: Explored the East Coast Of North America | 
| Jaques Cartier: Explorerd St Lawrence | 
| Samuel Champlain: Explored St Lawrence, Settled Quebec | 
| Francisco Coronado: Explored Southwestern part of the United States | 
| Christopher Columbus: First explored New World; Explored Caribbean and Central America | 
| Hernan Cortes: Conquered Mexico | 
| Bartolomeu Dias: Sailed Around the southern tip of Africa | 
| Vasco de Gama: Sailed Around Africa to India | 
| Henry Hudson: Explored Hudson River and Hudson Bay | 
| Juan Ponce de Leon: Conquered Puerto Rico and Explored Florida | 
| Ferdinand Magellan: Crew Circles world | 
| Francisco Pizarro: Conquered the Incas in Peru | 
| Hernando De Soto: Explored the Mississippi River | 
| Giovanni De Verrazano: Discovered New York Harbor | 
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