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Prince Henry “The Navigator” of Portugal is the first to begin explorations in different land.
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Portugals Prince Henry then sends Bartolomeu Dias to explore more land.
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Christopher Columbus discovers the Caribbean for Spain but thought it was Asia.
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Columbus sets off to explore for Spain.
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Christopher Columbus convinced the king and queen of Spain to sponsor his exploration of crossing Atlantic Ocean.
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King Henry VII sends John Cabot to explore for him.
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The Portuguese explorers brought native Indians onboard and bought some of their items.
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Pedro Álvares Cabra was the explorer that led this expedition he found Brazil while he was on the way to India.
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Hernan led the conquest of the Aztecs and succeeded in defeating them.
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Spain sent this man to go explore, and he found and claimed Brazil.
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The main explorer was Jacques Cartier which claimed the St. Lawrence River for France.
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Francis is the first English to circumnavigate.
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Jamestown was the first colony established in North America.
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Explored the river that now has his name.
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These colonies include: Quebec, Trois-Rivières, and Ville-Marie, Montreal.
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Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle discovered and claimed the whole Mississippi River for France.