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World Explorers and Their Discoveries
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John Cabot
Discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England
Lewis and Clark
Exploration of the American West
Leif Erikson
Likely the first European to set foot on North American soil
Marco Polo
Exploration of Asia and the Silk Road
David Livingstone
Exploration of Africa
James Cook
First recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand
Francisco Pizarro
Conquest of the Inca Empire
Vasco da Gama
First sea voyage from Europe to India
Jacques Cartier
Discovery of Canada
Christopher Columbus
Discovery of the New World (Americas)
Ferdinand Magellan
First circumnavigation of the Earth
Hernán Cortés
Conquest of the Aztec Empire
Hernando de Soto
Exploration of the Southeastern United States
Amerigo Vespucci
The Americas are named after him, and he demonstrated that they were separate landmasses from Asia
Roald Amundsen
First to reach the South Pole
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