Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
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Daniel Boone (1734-1820)
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Henry Hudson (1565-1611)
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Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521)
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Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922)
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Samuel De Champlain (1574-1635)
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Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512)
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Hernando Cortés (1485-1547)
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Jacques Cartier (1491-1557)
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Stephen Austin (1793-1863)
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Vasco da Gama (1460-1524)
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Hernando Desoto (1496-1542)
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Matthew Henson (1866-1955)
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John Cabot
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William Clark (1770-1838)
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Annie Edson Taylor (1838-1921)
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Jedediah Smith (1799-1831)
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St. George Littledale (1851-1931)
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Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809)
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