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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Around 1000 Leif Ericson Norse First European to reach North American Mainland 1271-1295 Marco Polo Italian Traveled to the Far East, to what was known then as Cathay or China-Made men want to travel there through his book 1394-1460 Prince Henry Portuguese Created navigation school in Sagres, Portugal Explored the western African coastline 1487-1488 Bartholomeu Dias Portuguese First European to round the Cape of Good Hope 1492-1504 Christopher Columbus Italian Made 4 voyages to West Indies and Caribbean Islands 1497-1503 Amerigo Vespucci Italian Sailed to West Indies and South America 1497-1498 John Cabot Italian Explored the shores of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Labrador 1498 Vasco Da Gama Portuguese First to travel to West Indies around Africa 1513 Vasco de Balboa Spanish Led expedition across Panama and found the Pacific Ocean 1513 Juan Ponce de Leon Spanish Explored Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth 1520-1521 Ferdinand Magellan Portuguese Commanded first globe circling voyage 1519-1521 Hernando Cortez Spanish Conquered Aztecs in Mexico 1523 Giovanni da Verranzano Italian Searched for a Northwest Passage 1523-1535 Francisco Pizarro Spanish Conquered Peru 1534-1542 Jacques Cartier French Traveled St!. Lawrence River 1539-1541 Hernando De Soto Spanish Explored American Southeast-Discovered the Mississippi River 1540-1542 Francisco Vazquez de Coronado Spanish Explored American Southwest 1577-1580 Sir Frances Drake English First English to sail around the world-Defeated the Spanish Armada- Claimed California for England 1603-1616 Samuel de Champlain French Explored eastern coast of North America and the coast of the St!. Lawrence River to Lake Huron-Reached Lake Champlain 1609-1611 Henry Hudson English Explored Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and Hudson Strait 1672 Father Marquette and Louis Joliet French Explored Northern Mississippi River 1682 Robert LaSalle French Traveled to the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed it for France Www@QuestionHome@Com |