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First to sail up the coast of California

Juan Rodriguuez Cabrillo

Traveled the southwest portion of North America in search of the cities of gold

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

1st to travel west searching for a quicker route to Asia

Christopher Columbus

Conquered the Incas in Peru

Francisco Pizarro

Frenchman sailed for France and founded the trading post of Quebec

Samuel de Champlain

Italian who sailed for France and claimed the entire coastline of North America

Giovanni da Verrazano

Traveled the Southeast portion of North America from Florida to the Mississippi River

Hernando de Soto

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

1st European to see the Pacific Ocean and named it the South Sea

Conquered the Aztecs in Mexico

Hernando Cortes

1st to realize the Americas were not Asia but a new land

Amerigo Vespucci

1st given credit for sailing around the world even though he himself never made it

Ferdinand Magellan

Frenchman who sailed for France and sailed up the St. Lawrence River and founded the city of Montreal

Jacques Cartier

Englishman who sailed for the Dutch and claimed the land of New York for the Dutch

Henry Hudson

Italian who sailed for England and claimed Newfoundland for England

John Cabot