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1. The step-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, he sailed from England in 1583 and explored the eastern coastlines of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in Canada:
2. He led an expedition from St. Louis, Missouri in the early 19th century, in an attempt to locate the source of the Mississippi River:
3. The first European known to have mapped the Texas coastline, he claimed the area now known as Texas for Spain:
4. He and the members of his expedition were likely the first Europeans to see the continent of North America:
5. His second expedition to the New World consisted of 17 ships and approximately 1,500 men; he discovered and named the island of Dominica during this expedition. Who was it?
6. In 1720, he began an expedition to explore the interior of the North American continent; his journey took him on a route up the St. Lawrence River, through the Great Lakes, and down the length of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico:
7. He was the son of another famous explorer, a cartographer and navigator who was at various times employed by both England and Spain:
8. A former secretary to an American president, he teamed with the brother of a famous Revolutionary War hero to explore newly acquired American lands:
9. He landed on the west coast of Florida in 1539 and began a three-year expedition to find gold and silver:
10. He established the first permanent settlement at Quebec:
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