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Explorers in
a New Land three major periods of North American exploration |
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Explorations of the Americas table of explorations, in chronological order |
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Leif Ericson leader of what was probably the first European exploration of North America, about 1000 |
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Vasco Núñez de
Balboa first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas |
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Gaspar
Corte-Real Portuguese explorer who tried in vain to find a Northwest Passage |
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Hernando de Soto leader of the first white expedition to see and cross the Mississippi River |
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Francisco
Vásquez de Coronado Spanish conquistador who searched in vain for the fabled Golden Cities of Cibola |
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Amerigo
Vespucci explorer for whom the Americas were ultimately named |
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John Cabot sailed to North America via the North Atlantic for the English |
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Henry Hudson explorer of the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait |
American History.
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