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  1. 2. Francisco Pizarro González was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of Peru.
  2. 3. Ponce de Leon
  3. 4. Italian explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France.
  4. 8. Marquette
  5. 9. Nunez de Balboa
  6. 10. 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.
  7. 12. Jolliet
  8. 13. Drake
  9. 14. English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States.
  10. 15. (Robert) de La Sall
  11. 17. de Soto
  12. 19. Cartier
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  1. 1. Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from what is now Mexico to present-day Kansas
  2. 2. Alvares Cabral
  3. 5. Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the term "America" is derived
  4. 6. da Gama
  5. 7. a Portuguese explorer and a subject of the Hispanic Monarchy from 1518.
  6. 8. Cabot
  7. 11. de Leon
  8. 14. Gilbert
  9. 16. Portuguese mariner and explorer.
  10. 18. de Champlain