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Marco polo
Traveled throughout Asia Wrote a book about his travels His book sparked the Renaissances in Europe in 1400's.
Prince Henry
Prince of Portugal Started a school of navigation school made better ships, maps, and tools of navigation
Columbus
Funded by Spain sail west find a route to Asia He believed he reached Asia but he was really in Bahamas
Cabot
Funded by England Find route to Asia by sailing west He thought he reached Asia.
Amerigo Vespucci
Funded by Spain He sailed down the coast of south America North and south America is named after him He recognized that the American were new found lands
Balboa
funded by Spain Crossed the Isthmus of panama and reached the Pacific
Magellan
funded by Spain 5 ships Named the Pacific Ocean He sailed west to reached Philippines died in battle One ship traveled all the way around the whorled
Treaty or Tordesillas
Portugal got brazil agreement between and PortugalSpain got most of North and South America
Ponce de Leon
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