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| Hernan Cortes | Spanish adventurer and conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain. |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquistador who traveled through much of the Pacific coast of America along Peru. He conquered the Incan empire. |
| Hernando De Soto | Spanish explorer who sailed the Atlantic Ocean and was the first European to explore Florida and the southeastern US. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition that sailed around the Earth. |
| Peter Minuit | Famous fro buying the island of Manhattan from Native Americans in 1626. |
| Pedro Mendez de Aviles | Brutal Spanish sailor, soldier, explorer, and conquistador send to Florida to kill the French Huguenots. He established the settlement of St. Agustine in Florida. |
| John Cabot | Italian-born English explorer and navigator who explored the Canadian coastline. |
| Antonie de Cadillac | French explorer, soldier, and leader who founded the city of Detroit in 1701. |
| Henry Hudson | English explorer and navigator who explored parts of the Arctic Ocean and northeastern North America. |
| Samuel de Champlain | French explorer and navigator who mapped much of norhteastern North America and started a settlement in Quebec, Canada. |
| Francisco Vasquez de Coronado | Spanish ruler, explorer and conquistador. First European to explore North America's Southwest. |
| Robert La Salle | French explorer who was the first European to sail down the Mississippi River. |
| Vasco da Gama | Portuguese explorer who discoverd an ocean route from Portugal to the East. |
