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| Marco Polo | Italien explorer who traveled thru China in the late 1200's. |
| Kublai Khan | Emporer of China who met with Marco Polo in the late 1200's. |
| Zheng He | Chinese explorer who made 7 major voyages to different parts of the world. |
| Mansa Musa | King of the African kingdom of Mali in the early 1300's. |
| Eric the Red | Viking explorer who sailed to Iceland in about 965 and Greenland in about 982. |
| Leif Ericsson | Son of Eric the Red; sailed to Nroth America in about 1000 and explored what is today known as Newfoundland. |
| Johann Gutenberg | German inventor of the printing press about 1450. |
| Prince Henry | Price of Portugal who established a school ofr sailors and navigators. |
| Bartolomeu Dias | Portuguese explorer who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, the southwestern tip of Africa. |
| Vasco da Gama | Portuguese explorer who sailed to India in 1497. |
