Sir Francis Drake - Circumnavigates the World, Sir Walter Raleigh - The DiscoEstablishing the Virginia colony of Roanoke Island in 1584, Marco Polo - Exploration of China and Asia, Amerigo Vespucci - America was named after this famous explorer, Vasco Nunez de Balboa - First famous European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean from its eastern shore, Vasco da Gama - Discovery of an ocean route from Portugal to the East by this famous explorer, Juan Ponce de Leon - First European explorer to set foot in Florida, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - First European to explore the Southwest of North America in Arizona and New Mexico, Hernando Cortes - Spanish conqueror of Mexico and the Aztec Empire, Bartolomeu Dias - The first European explorer to lead a 1487 voyage around the Cape of Good Hope on the Southern most tip of South Africa, John Cabot - Exploring the coastline of Canada the subsequent colonization of Canada. Second famous explorer to find North America (after Christopher Columbus), Henry Hudson - The discovery of the Hudson River by this famous explorer, Christopher Colomubs - Discovery of the Americas,

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