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Christopher Columbus
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Christopher Columbus
Explorer / 1451 - 1506
Famed Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered the "New World" of the Americas on an expedition sponsored by King Ferdinand of Spain in 1492.
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John Cabot
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John Cabot
Explorer / 1450 - 1499
Explorer John Cabot made a British claim to land in Canada, mistaking it for Asia, during his 1497 voyage on the ship Matthew.
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Marco Polo
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Marco Polo
Explorer, Journalist / 1254 - 1324
Venetian merchant and adventurer Marco Polo traveled from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295. He wrote Il Milione, known in English as The Travels of Marco Polo.
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Amerigo Vespucci
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- Famous People Who Made Geographic Discoveries
Amerigo Vespucci
Explorer / 1454 - 1512
America was named after Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine navigator and explorer who played a prominent role in exploring the New World.
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Giovanni da Verrazzano
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Giovanni da Verrazzano
Explorer / 1485 - 1528
Giovanni da Verrazzano was an Italian explorer who chartered the Atlantic coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland, including New York Harbor in 1524. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York was named after Da Verrazzano.
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Reinhold Messner
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- Famous Explorers
- People Who Set World Records
Reinhold Messner
Explorer / 1944 -
Explorer and mountaineer Reinhold Messner is famous for making the first solo ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.
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