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Norwegian, Northwest passage 1903, South Pole 1911, one month ahead of Scott
Roald Amundsen
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Spanish, 1st european to see the pacific ocean
Vasco Balboa
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Discovered Alaska, namesake strait and sea
Vitus Bering
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British sailor, commanded the "Bounty". His men mutinied on return from Tahiti
William Bligh
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1st to fly over North Pole and 1st to fly over south pole
Richard Byrd
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Made Cumberland Gap trail in 1767, One of the first to explore Kentucky
Daniel Boone
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Discovered Newfoundland
John Cabot
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Portuguese, discovered Brazil
Pedro Cabral
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1st European to sail up the St. Lawrence River
Jacques Cartier
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Discovered Hawaii, first to cross Antarctic circle
James Cook
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Conquered Aztec empire in 1519
Hernando Cortez
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Discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando De Soto
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1st european to round the cape of good hope, in 1488
Bartholomew Diaz
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1st european to sail to India
Vasco Da Gama
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Led the Kon Tiki expedition, crossed Pacific on Balsa raft in 1947. Led Ra Expedition in 1969-70, crossed Atlantic in a papyrus boat
Thor Heyerdahl
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Discovered namesake bay and river 1609
Henry Hudson
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Discovered Victoria Falls
David Livingstone
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Portuguese, 1st to circumnavigate earth
Ferdinand Magellan
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Reach North Pole in 1909
Admiral Robert Peary
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Conquered Incan Empire in Peru (1524)
Fransisco Pizarro
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Traveled to China in mid-1200s
Marco Polo
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Italian exxplorer, discovered Amazon river, two namesake continents
Amerigo Vespucci
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