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BARTAMLOMEU DIAS

  • He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa, reaching the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic.
  • He was Portuguese.
  • He " discovered " it in 1488.

VASCO DE GAMA

  • He was the first European to reach India by sea.
  • He was Portuguese.
  • Discovered in 1499.

FERDINAND MANGELLAN

  • First circumventionon earth
  • Portuguese
  • 1519

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

  • Landed on Bahamas
  • Italian
  • 1494

GIOVANNI DA VERRAZZANO

  • New York harbor
  • Florentine
  • 1524

SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN

  • New France
  • French
  • 1609

LOUIS JOLIET

  • Granted land south Quebec
  • French
  • 17th century

JAQUES CARTER

  • Canada
  • French
  • 1435

SIEUR DE LA SALLE

  • Gulf of Mexico
  • French
  • 1685

HENRY HUDSON

  • North west passage
  • English
  • 1608