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Christopher Columbus
Period: Late 15th century; Key Achievements: First European expeditions to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America
Marco Polo
Period: Late 13th century; Key Achievements: Traveled the Silk Road, described the wealth and grandeur of China
Vasco da Gama
Period: Late 15th century; Key Achievements: First person to sail directly from Europe to India
Ferdinand Magellan
Period: Early 16th century; Key Achievements: His expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe
Hernán Cortés
Period: Early 16th century; Key Achievements: Conquest of the Aztec Empire
Francis Drake
Period: 16th century; Key Achievements: The second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition
James Cook
Period: 18th century; Key Achievements: Made detailed maps of the Pacific, discovered the Hawaiian Islands
David Livingstone
Period: 19th century; Key Achievements: Major African exploration, sought the source of the Nile
Leif Erikson
Period: 11th century; Key Achievements: Believed to be the first European to reach North America (excluding Greenland)
Hernando de Soto
Period: 16th century; Key Achievements: Led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States
Roald Amundsen
Period: Early 20th century; Key Achievements: Led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole
Zheng He
Period: Early 15th century; Key Achievements: His treasure voyages were some of the largest naval expeditions in history
Henry the Navigator
Period: 15th century; Key Achievements: Initiated the Age of Discoveries, sponsored many exploratory voyages along the African coast
John Cabot
Period: Late 15th century; Key Achievements: Discovered parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England
Sir Walter Raleigh
Period: Late 16th century; Key Achievements: Attempts to establish the first English colony in the New World
Amerigo Vespucci
Period: Late 15th century; Key Achievements: The Americas are named after him; Demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies are not Asia's eastern outskirts
Yuri Gagarin
Period: 20th century; Key Achievements: The first human to journey into outer space
Jacques Cartier
Period: 16th century; Key Achievements: Led the first European expeditions to what is today Canada
Juan Ponce de León
Period: Early 16th century; Key Achievements: The first Governor of Puerto Rico, explored Florida, searching for the Fountain of Youth
Neil Armstrong
Period: 20th century; Key Achievements: The first person to walk on the Moon
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