Which Italian explorer was the first to realize the Americas were a new continent?
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Which Italian explorer was the first to realize the Americas were a new continent?
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Amerigo Vespucci
What was the name of the ship that served as Ferdinand Magellan's flagship?
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Trinidad
Which Spanish explorer completed the first circumnavigation of the globe after Magellan's death?
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Juan Sebastián Elcano
Which explorer is credited with the first European sighting of mainland Australia?
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Willem Janszoon
Which Spanish explorer was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas?
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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Which Spanish explorer completed the first circumnavigation of the globe after Magellan's death?
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Juan Sebastián Elcano
Which explorer is credited with the first European sighting of mainland Australia?
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Willem Janszoon
Which Spanish explorer was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas?
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Which Dutch explorer was the first European to sight New Zealand in 1642?
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Abel Tasman
Which Spanish conquistador led the expedition that destroyed the Aztec Empire?
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Hernán Cortés
What treaty divided the non-European world between Spain and Portugal in 1494?
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Treaty of Tordesillas
Which Portuguese explorer first reached Brazil in 1500?
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Pedro Álvares Cabral
Which explorer reached Newfoundland in 1497 under the English flag?
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John Cabot