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| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese explorer who in 1519 led a fleet of ships from Spain westward to Asia. |
| compass | A device with a needle that always points north. |
| Marco Polo | Explorer from Venice who spent many years in Asia in the late 1200s. |
| exploration | Searching a new place to learn more about it. |
| cartographer | A person who makes maps. |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa | Explorer who in 1513 became the first European to reach the western coast of the Americas. |
| expedition | A journey made for a special reason. |
| navigation | The study or act of planning and controlling the course of a ship. |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian-born Spanish explorer who in 1492 sailed west from Spain and thought he ahd reached Asia but hadf actually reached islands newr the Americas, lands that were unknown to Europeans. |
| isthmus | A narrow strip of land that connects wto larger land areas. |
