Famous explorers

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Famous Explorers

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Ferdinand Megallen

• Sailed around the world.

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Marco Polo

• He sailed to China and worked with Kublai Khan.
  At China He traded for many spices such as
  pepper.

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Vasco de Gama

• He led the first Portuguese voyage to reach India.

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Bartolomeu Diaz

• Accidentally sailed around the southern tip of
  South America.

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Christopher Columbus

• Sailed to Cuba. He wanted to go to India but
  discovered the West Indies.

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Juan Ponce de Leon

• Was the first European to set foot in Florida in
  1513 and he wanted to find gold and fountain of
  youth.

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Hernando de Soto

• He led a large army through the American
  southeast from Florida to Arkansas.

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Francisco Vasquez de Cornado

• An adventurer who assembled a large expedition
  and traveled throughout the great plains and the
  southwest.

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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Shipwrecked by a hurricane near present day
  Texas, but survived it.

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Estevanico Dorantes

• Sold into slavery in Spain he traveled as he
  servant.

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