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== '''Early European Explorers''' ==
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! Explorers !! Country Represented !! Year of Exploration !! Journey
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| [[Leif Ericson]] || [[Vikings]] ([[Norway]]) || about 1000 || [[Newfoundland]]
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| [[Bartolomeu Dias]] || [[Portugal]] || 1487-1488 || First [[Europe|European]] to round [[Cape Of Good Hope]] at the southern tip of [[Africa]]
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| [[Christopher Columbus]] || [[Spain]] || 1492 || [[San Salvador]] and [[West Indies]]
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| [[John Cabot]] || [[England]] || 1497 || [[Greenland]], [[Labrador]], [[Newfoundland]]
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| [[Vasco da Gama]] || [[Portugal]] || 1497-1498 || First to reach [[India]] from [[Europe]] by sea
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| [[Amerigo Vespucci]] || [[Spain]] || 1497-1502 || [[South America]] and [[West Indies]]
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| [[Pedro Cabral]] || [[Portugal]] || 1500 || Sailed around [[Africa]] to [[India]]; [[Brazil]]
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| [[Vasco de Balboa]] || [[Spain]] || 1513 || [[Pacific Ocean]]
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| [[Ferdinand Magellan]] || [[Spain]] || 1509-1522 || First to sail around the globe
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| [[Juan Ponce de Leon]] || [[Spain]] || 1513 || [[Florida]]
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| [[Hernando Cortes]] || [[Spain]] || 1519-1521 || [[Aztec]] kingdom of [[Mexico]]
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| [[Giovanni da Verrazano]] || [[France]] || 1524 || Eastern coast of [[North America]]
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| [[Panfilo de Narvaez]] || [[Spain]] || 1528 || [[Florida and Mexico]]
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| [[Francisco Pizarro]] || [[Spain]] || 1531 || [[Inca]] empire of [[Peru]]
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| [[Jacques Cartier]] || [[France]] || 1535 || [[St. Lawrence River]]
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| [[Esteban and Father Marcos]] || [[Spain]] || 1539 || [[Canada]] and [[Quebec]]; [[Zuni pueblos of New Mexico]]
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| [[Hernando DeSoto]] || [[Spain]] || 1539-1542 || [[Mississippi River]], [[American Southeast]]
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| [[Francisco de Coronado]] || [[Spain]] || 1540-1542 || [[American Southwest]]
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| [[Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo]] || [[Spain]] || 1542 || [[California]]
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| [[Sir Francis Drake]] || [[England]] || 1577-1580 || Around the world
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| [[Samuel de Champlain]] || [[France]] || 1603-1609 || The [[Great Lakes]] and [[Quebec]]
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| [[Henry Hudson]] || [[Netherlands]] || 1609 || [[Hudson River]] and [[Hudson Bay]]
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== '''Early European Explorers''' ==
|-
! Explorers !! Country Represented !! Year of Exploration !! Journey
|-
| [[Leif Ericson]] || [[Vikings]] ([[Norway]]) || about 1000 || [[Newfoundland]]
|-
| [[Bartolomeu Dias]] || [[Portugal]] || 1487-1488 || First [[Europe|European]] to round [[Cape Of Good Hope]] at the southern tip of [[Africa]]
|-
| [[Christopher Columbus]] || [[Spain]] || 1492 || [[San Salvador]] and [[West Indies]]
|-
| [[John Cabot]] || [[England]] || 1497 || [[Greenland]], [[Labrador]], [[Newfoundland]]
|-
| [[Vasco da Gama]] || [[Portugal]] || 1497-1498 || First to reach [[India]] from [[Europe]] by sea
|-
| [[Amerigo Vespucci]] || [[Spain]] || 1497-1502 || [[South America]] and [[West Indies]]
|-
| [[Pedro Cabral]] || [[Portugal]] || 1500 || Sailed around [[Africa]] to [[India]]; [[Brazil]]
|-
| [[Vasco de Balboa]] || [[Spain]] || 1513 || [[Pacific Ocean]]
|-
| [[Ferdinand Magellan]] || [[Spain]] || 1509-1522 || First to sail around the globe
|-
| [[Juan Ponce de Leon]] || [[Spain]] || 1513 || [[Florida]]
|-
| [[Hernando Cortes]] || [[Spain]] || 1519-1521 || [[Aztec]] kingdom of [[Mexico]]
|-
| [[Giovanni da Verrazano]] || [[France]] || 1524 || Eastern coast of [[North America]]
|-
| [[Panfilo de Narvaez]] || [[Spain]] || 1528 || [[Florida and Mexico]]
|-
| [[Francisco Pizarro]] || [[Spain]] || 1531 || [[Inca]] empire of [[Peru]]
|-
| [[Jacques Cartier]] || [[France]] || 1535 || [[St. Lawrence River]]
|-
| [[Esteban and Father Marcos]] || [[Spain]] || 1539 || [[Canada]] and [[Quebec]]; [[Zuni pueblos of New Mexico]]
|-
| [[Hernando DeSoto]] || [[Spain]] || 1539-1542 || [[Mississippi River]], [[American Southeast]]
|-
| [[Francisco de Coronado]] || [[Spain]] || 1540-1542 || [[American Southwest]]
|-
| [[Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo]] || [[Spain]] || 1542 || [[California]]
|-
| [[Sir Francis Drake]] || [[England]] || 1577-1580 || Around the world
|-
| [[Samuel de Champlain]] || [[France]] || 1603-1609 || The [[Great Lakes]] and [[Quebec]]
|-
| [[Henry Hudson]] || [[Netherlands]] || 1609 || [[Hudson River]] and [[Hudson Bay]]
|}