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| Ponce de Leon | Spanish explorer who discovered Florida while looking for the Fountain of Youth. |
| Henry Hudson | An English sailor hired by the Dutch to find a route to the Far East. Both a river and a bay are named for him. |
| Cibola | "Seven Cities of Gold" thought to be north of Mexico. |
| colony | A land ruled by another country. |
| St. Augustine | The first permanent Spanish settlement in North America. |
| isthmus | A narrow strip of land connecting two larger pieces of land. |
| expedition | A trip taken to reach a goal. |
| armada | A group of armed ships. |
| Coronado | A Spanish explorer who explored the American Southwest. |
| John Cabot | The first English explorer to search for a northwest passage. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | The first person to circumnavigate the globe. |
| Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable | Settled the area around what is now Chicago. |
| pirate | A person who attacks and robs ships at sea. |
