European Explorers

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  1. An Italian explorer who travelled to Asia and China looking for spices.
    Marco Polo
  2. A Spanish explorer who conquered the Incan natives that lived in Peru.
    Francisco Pizarro
  3. A Spanish explorer who was the first European to explore the state of Florida.
    Juan Ponce De Leon 
  4. Who was an English explorer who discovered the continent of Australia and set up a new penal?
    James Cook
  5. Who was the English explorer who discovered the Hudson Bay and the Hudson River?
    Henry Hudson
  6. A French explorer who made alliances with the natives of Canada and set up a colony?
    Jacques Cartier
  7. A Portuguese explorer who found a sea route from Portugal to Asia by going south around Africa.
    Vasco De Gama
  8. This person was Italian who sailed for Spain and discovered the new world, and two continents.
    Christopher Columbus
  9. A English explorer who traveled around the world is who?
    Francis Drake
  10. This person is a Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico.
    Hernan Cortez
  11. A English explorer that found the coast of Canada and set up the first ever European colony in Canada
  12. A Portuguese person that was the son of the king, that set up a naval observatory,
    Prince Henry The Navigator

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 European Explorers
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2015-10-22 21:04:59
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