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ALL ABOUT COLUMBUS DAY

Updated June 26, 2020 | Infoplease Staff


COLUMBUS, HIS JOURNEYS AND LEGACY, AND OTHER EXPLORERS AND EXPLORATIONS

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 * Roald Amundsen
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 * Ibn Batuta
 * Richard Burton
 * John Cabot
 * Jacques Cartier
 * Lewis & Clark
 * Christopher Columbus
 * James Cook
 * Francisco Coronado
 * Hernando Cortés
 * Vasco da Gama
 * Leif Ericsson
 * Sir Edmund Hillary
 * Henry Hudson
 * Ponce de León
 * David Livingstone
 * Ferdinand Magellan
 * Mungo Park
 * Robert E. Peary
 * Francisco Pizarro
 * Marco Polo
 * Sir Ernest Shackleton
 * John Speke
 * Sir Henry M. Stanley
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