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MARCO!. POLO!. Marco Polo left Italy and explored China and returned with lots of stories. His adventures made others want to explore.
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MARCO! POLO! Marco Polo left Italy and explored China and returned with lots of stories. His adventures made others want to explore.
Henry of Portugal built a school for sailors and gathered ship-builders, map-makers, navigators, etc. together. They created a ship known as a caravel that could sail faster and carry more cargo. Prince Henry the Navigator
I SAID Africa could be rounded!!!! Bartholomew Dias was the first European to round the tip of Africa. He returned to Portugal where the king named the tip of Africa the “Cape of Good Hope”.
Da Gama sailed to India while seeking the Dali Lama
Ponce de Leon discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth. If you drank from the fountain you would “LIVE ON”!
Balboa crosses the 'rocky' isthmus of Panama to be the first European to see the "South Sea"
CORTES C O N Q U E R E D AZTECS
PIzarro conquered the Incas of Peru.
Coronado explored the southwestern part of North America and his men were the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon (which is formed by the Colorado River). Coronado - Colorado Colorado River
Magellan circumnavigated the earth Victoria