| A | B |
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| Balboa | After estaablishing a colony in Panama, he discovered the Pacific Ocean, |
| Ponce do Leon | He led an expedition to search for the Fountain of Youth. He did not find it. |
| Hernado Cortes | He destroyed the Aztecs. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | His crew was the first to sail around the world, It took three years. He was killed in the Philippines. |
| Francisco Pizzaro | He conquered the Incas. |
| Hernando de Soto | He wasa looking for gold in the southeast. He discovered the Mississippi River. He was the first European to cross the Mississippi River. |
| Francisco Coronado | He was looking for the seven cities of Cibola or the seven cities of gold. He did not find them. He claimed the land for Spain. |
| Jacques Cartier | He sailed up the St. Lawrence River and claimed the land for France. |
| Henry Hudson | The Hudson River and the Hudson Bay in Canada were named for him. |
| Amerigo Vespucci | He concluded that Columbus and Cabot were not in Asia but in a new land. |
| John Cabot | His voyage was the first major English sponsored expedition to america. |
