explorers
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Exploration
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1st to ArriveThe first to arrive to Americas cross the Bering Strait land bridge (Beringia)
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Leif EricsonLanded in Newfoundland Canada
First European in America 500 years before Columbus
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Henry the NavigatorPortuguese prince who established school for navigation
Portugal becomes center of exploration
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Turkish/ Ottoman Empire
Controls trade routes to Asia (quickest way is through their territory)
When they rose to power, they cut trade routes to Asia
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Portugal Finds a New Route
Bartholomeu Dias
Starts to explore farther from Europe
Sails around Africa to reach Asia
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Christopher Columbus
Thought he could find a shorter route to Asia by sailing West
Convinced Spain to support him
Ran into Caribbean Islands, called them the West Indie
Glory
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John CabotExploring the New World for Britain
Landed in Newfoundland (near where Leif Ericson landed)
Glory
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Amerigo VespucciSailing for Portugal figured out that America was not Asia, but a continent no modern European was aware of
New World is eventually called America in his honor.
Glory
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Hernan CortesSpanish Explorer
Explored Spain looking for Gold
Defeated Aztecs by peacefully entering their capital and attacking later
Gold/God
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Francisco PizzaroSpanish explorer
Defeats Inca empire in Peru
Gold
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Jacques CartierFrench Explorer find St. Lawrence River in Canada
Looking for a passage through New World to Asia
Gives Canada its name
Glory
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Hernando de SotoExplores area around Florida and Southern US for Spain
1st European to cross Mississippi river
God, Gold, and Glory
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Marquette and JolietExplore length of Mississippi River looking for route from Canada to Pacific Ocean
French Explorers
God/Glory