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Set: The New World Explorers

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	Term	Definition
	Christopher Columbus	In 1942 he sailed to find a shortcut to asia but found the Americas instead.
	Ferdianand Magellan	Tried to sail to Asia by way of the South Sea for trading, but found the Pasific Ocean. He never got all the way there.
	Hernándo Cortés	Atempted and sucsedded in conquering the Aztec Empire.
	Francisco Pizzaro	Atempted and sucsedded in conqureing the Inca Empire.
	Bartolomé de Las Casas	Was a man who belived in Native Americans being treated fairly. Spoke out against the ecomieada system. Got Indians to be replaced by Africans.
	Sir Walter Raleigh	Created a settlement twice on Roanoke Island. The second time the ruler of the settlement left for more supplies and came back to a empty town with "CROATOAN" carved in the walls.

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Terms	6
Creator	AaronSamples
Created	October 12, 2007
Groups	None
Tags	sail, ships, glory, lcma, gold, settlements, north, god, explorers, america, history
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Here are some Explorers that helped develope "The New World".

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