Henry Hudson
- Tried to find a route from Europe to Asia
- Exploration of Canada and Northeastern US
- Discovered Hudson Bay
Sir Walter Raleigh
- Attempts to colonze is America failed
- Expedition to El Dorado "Golden Land"
- Fable
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
- Explored coast of Colombia, Panama
- First European to see eastern coast of the Pacific
Amerigo Vespucci
- Discovered Venezuela, Amazon River, and Cape St. Augustine
- First to realize this was a new continent
Vasco De Gama
- Sucessful Voyage to Eastern Asia
Hernan Cortez
- Conquered the Aztecs
- Got a lot of gold from them
- Not a nice guy
Ferdinand Magellan
- Dicovered the Pacific Ocean
- Disproved that the world was flat
- Conducted the first voyage around the world
John Cabot
- English Claim to Americas
Bartolemeu Dias
- First to sail around Cape of Good Hope
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