1) Cabot - discovered rich fishing grounds
2) Drake - English sea dog who plundered the Spanish navy.
3) Balboa - discovered the Pacific
4) Magellan - his crew was the first to sail around the world
5) Cartier - first to explore St. Lawrence River
6) Champlain - began first permanent French settlement
7) Marquette - New France priest
8) La Salle - followed the Mississippi to the Gulf
9) Coranado - Explored the North American southwest
10) Joliet - explored the Mississippi with Marquette
11) Pizarro - conquered the Incas
12) Hudson - claimed the New York area for the Dutch
13) Da Gama - sailed around Africa to India
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