Early American Explorers

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Early American Explorers

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• Kaleb

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Christopher Columbus

• Spain
• Western sea route to Asia
• Disease
• San Salvador 1492

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Juan Ponce de Leon

• Spain
• Conquer land
• Poor maps
• St. Augustine Florida 1513

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Christopher Newport

• England
• To discover riches
• Indians
• Arrived at Jamestown in1607

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Jacques Cartier

• France
• Colonize the new world
• Poor weather
• Explored the St. Lawrence River Valley1534