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Christopher Columbus
Discovery of the Americas, Sponsored by Spain
Juan Ponce de León
Discovery of Florida, Sponsored by Spain
Francisco Pizarro
Conquest of the Inca Empire, Sponsored by Spain
John Cabot
Discovery of parts of North America, Sponsored by England
Samuel de Champlain
Foundation of Quebec City and exploration of the Great Lakes, Sponsored by France
Ferdinand Magellan
First circumnavigation of the Earth, Sponsored by Spain
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Discovery of the Pacific Ocean from the New World, Sponsored by Spain
Amerigo Vespucci
The naming of America and the identification of the New World, Sponsored by Spain and Portugal
James Cook
Discovery of the Hawaiian Islands and the exploration of the Pacific, Sponsored by England
Henry Hudson
Discovery of the Hudson River, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay, Sponsored by England and the Netherlands
Jacques Cartier
Discovery of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Saint Lawrence River, Sponsored by France
Bartolomeu Dias
First European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa, Sponsored by Portugal
Vasco da Gama
First direct sea route from Europe to India, Sponsored by Portugal
Hernán Cortés
Conquest of the Aztec Empire, Sponsored by Spain
Abel Tasman
Discovery of Tasmania and New Zealand, Sponsored by the Netherlands
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