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Zheng He

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Chinese Muslim explorer

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Arawak

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Amerindians who moved from the smaller to the larger Caribbean islands

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Henry the Navigator

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devoted his life to promoting exploration of the South Atlantic and African coast

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caravel

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small sized ships who were quick and highly maneuverable

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Gold Coast

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Southwestern coast of Africa, source of a lot of gold

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Bartolomeu Dias

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first Portuguese explorer to round the southern tip of Africa and enter the Indian Ocean

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Vasco da Gama

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Portuguese explorer who led an expedition around Africa to reach India

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Christopher Columbus

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Italian explorer who led a Spanish expedition across the Atlantic Ocean

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Conquistadores

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Spanish explorers and conquerors

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Hernan Cortez

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led an expedition to Cuba in 1519, then invaded Mexico and conquered the Aztecs

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Moctezuma II

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Aztec emperor conquered by Cortez

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Francisco Pizarro

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Spanish explorer who invaded the Incas

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Atahualpa

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Incan emperor conquered by Pizarro