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Balboa reached the Pacific
Spanish explorer Vasco Nuñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and became the first European to cross the American landmass to reach the Pacific Ocean.
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Explorations by Giovanni da Verrazzano
Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano led voyages to the New World for France.
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Mississippi River discovered
Hernando de Soto became the first European to document the Mississippi River.
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Expedition of Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike led an expedition that ascended the Arkansas River and crossed the Rocky Mountains. He was captured in Spanish territory and imprisoned in Mexico.
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Marco Polo traversed Silk Road
Marco Polo, with his father and uncle, spent years traversing the Silk Road. During their travels, the Polos gained both great wealth and knowledge of Central Asia and the Middle East that allowed Marco to publish his memoirs of his extensive travels, A Description of the World, in 1298. The book was of great interest to European traders and explorers.
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Frobisher sought Northwest Passage
Between 1576 and 1578, English explorer Sir Martin Frobisher led three unsuccessful expeditions in a search for the Northwest Passage.
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Cortés in the Western Hemisphere
Hernán Cortés arrived in the Western Hemisphere.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the territories gained through the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery set out from St. Louis and explored 8,000 miles along the Missouri and Columbia Rivers and reached the Pacific. The expedition returned in 1806.
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Columbus’s final Atlantic trip
Christopher Columbus made his final trip across the Atlantic.