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Exploration & Discovery

"Men are not great or heroic because they are faultless; they are great and heroic because they dare, suffer, achieve, and serve."

--Hamilton Wright Mabie

Story #1: Marco Polo

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Italy

1254-1324

Marco Polo

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Marco Polo alla Corte del Gran Khan, by Tranquillo Cremona (from Wikimedia Commons)

Story #2: Christopher Columbus

Italy

1451-1506

Christopher Columbus

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Story #3: Amerigo Vespucci

Italy

1454-1512

Amerigo Vespucci

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Story #4: John Cabot

Italy

c. 1450

John Cabot

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Story #5: Vasco da Gama

Portugal

c. 1460-1524

Vasco da Gama

00:00 / 04:17

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Story #6: Bartolome Las Casas

Spain

1484-1566

Bartolome Las Casas

00:00 / 16:40

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Story #7: Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

Spain

1475-1519

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

00:00 / 17:20

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Story #8: Ponce de Leon

Spain

1474-1521

Ponce de Leon

00:00 / 10:01

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Story #9: Hernan Cortez

Spain

1485-1547

Hernan Cortez

00:00 / 13:45

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Story #10: Ferdinand Magellan

Portugal/Spain

1480-1521

Ferdinand Magellan

00:00 / 14:39

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Story #11: Francisco Pizarro

Spain

1478-1541

Francisco Pizarro

00:00 / 21:18

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Story #12: Giovanni da Verrazzano

Italy

1485-1528

Giovanni da Verrazzano

00:00 / 07:35

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Story #13: Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca

Spain

1490-1559

Cabeza de Vaca

00:00 / 16:10

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Story #14: Jacques Cartier

France

1491-1557

Jacques Cartier

00:00 / 20:42

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Music

Story #15: Hernando de Soto

Spain

1500-1542

Hernando de Soto

00:00 / 16:56

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Music

Story #16: Sir Francis Drake

England

1545-1596

Sir Francis Drake

00:00 / 17:16

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Story #17: Sir Walter Raleigh

England

1551-1618

Sir Walter Raleigh

00:00 / 17:55

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Story #18: Samuel de Champlain

France

1567-1635

Samuel de Champlain

00:00 / 11:29

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Story #19: Henry Hudson

England

1565-1611

Henry Hudson

00:00 / 14:08

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Story #20: Pierre Radisson

France

1636-1710

Pierre Radisson

00:00 / 21:20

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Story #21: Rene-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle

France

1643-1687

Sieur de la Salle

00:00 / 08:59

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Story #22: Father Jacques Marquette

France

1637-1675

Jacques Marquette

00:00 / 12:36

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Exploration & Discovery

"Men are not great or heroic because they are faultless; they are great and heroic because they dare, suffer, achieve, and serve."

--Hamilton Wright Mabie

Story #1: Marco Polo

Story #2: Christopher Columbus

Story #3: Amerigo Vespucci

Story #4: John Cabot

Story #5: Vasco da Gama

Story #6: Bartolome Las Casas

Story #7: Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

Story #8: Ponce de Leon

Story #9: Hernan Cortez

Story #10: Ferdinand Magellan

Story #11: Francisco Pizarro

Story #12: Giovanni da Verrazzano

Story #13: Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca

Story #14: Jacques Cartier

Story #15: Hernando de Soto

Story #16: Sir Francis Drake

Story #17: Sir Walter Raleigh

Story #18: Samuel de Champlain

Story #19: Henry Hudson

Story #20: Pierre Radisson

Story #21: Rene-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle

Story #22: Father Jacques Marquette

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