Which Spanish explorer founded the first permanent European settlement in Florida?
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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
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Which Spanish explorer founded the first permanent European settlement in Florida?
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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Which French explorer explored the Mississippi River to its mouth in 1682?
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René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle
Which English explorer discovered the Hudson River in 1609?
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Henry Hudson
Which British explorer charted the east coast of Australia in 1770?
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James Cook
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Which French explorer explored the Mississippi River to its mouth in 1682?
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René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle
Which English explorer discovered the Hudson River in 1609?
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Henry Hudson
Which British explorer charted the east coast of Australia in 1770?
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James Cook
What ship carried the Pilgrims to North America in 1620?
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Mayflower
Which French explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River in 1535?
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Jacques Cartier
Which English explorer completed the second circumnavigation of the globe?
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Francis Drake
Which French explorer founded Quebec City in 1608?
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Samuel de Champlain
Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca Empire in the 1530s?
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Francisco Pizarro
Which explorer first sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?
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Bartolomeu Dias
Who was the Portuguese prince who sponsored early exploration voyages?
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Prince Henry the Navigator