| A | B |
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| Amerigo Vespcci | North & South America are named after me. Mapped the South American coast. Spain. |
| Christopher Columbus | Sailed for Spain. Sailed to San Salvador. First European to come to the Americans in 400 years. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Wanted to circumanivigate the world, he died before his ships completed the journey,1 ships made it. |
| Henry Hudson | Sailed for Nethelands 1609 explored Hudson River and Hudson Bay |
| Samuel D. Champlain | Sailed for France explored the Great Lakes and Quebec |
| Giovanni de Verrazano | Sailed for France and explored the eastern coast of North America |
| Ariaen Block | Sailed up the East River into Long Island Sound. He was the first European to realize that Long Island was actually an island. |
| John Cabot | English explorer,sailed along the south shore of Long Island, did not come ashore |
| Leif Ericsson | A Viking. First European to land on the main continent of North America around 1000AD |
