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·        French explorer

·        An English adventurer and navigator

·        Spanish explorer and soldier

·        Italian explorer

·        Led 3 expeditions to Canada

·        Transported colonists to Jamestown

·        Established the oldest European settlement in Puerto Rico

·        Sailed across the Atlantic Ocean looking for a route to India

·        Shipwrecked in the Bermuda Islands in 1610

·        Sailed for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

·        Looking for the Northwest Passage, but did not find it

·        Sailed to Persia for the East India Company

·        Led the expedition to America with 3 ships

·        Looking for the Fountain of Youth

·        Discovered the Gulf Stream

·        Died in Havana, Cuba, in 1521

·        His ships were called the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria

·        Sailed 1000 miles up the St. Lawrence River

·        Stopped the execution of Captain John Smith in Jamestown