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What are some explorers and what they explored?

Here are some famous explorers and their respective explorations:

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)

* Explored the Caribbean Sea and Central America

Vasco da Gama (1460-1524)

* Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and reached India

Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521)

* Led the first circumnavigation of the world

Juan Ponce de Leon (1460-1521)

* Explored Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth

Jacques Cartier (1491-1557)

* Explored the St. Lawrence River in Canada

Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635)

* Explored the Great Lakes region in North America

Henry Hudson (died 1611)

* Explored the Hudson River and Hudson Bay in North America

James Cook (1728-1779)

* Explored the Pacific Ocean and discovered Australia

Mungo Park (1771-1806)

* Explored the Niger River in Africa

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)

* Explored South America and studied its flora and fauna

David Livingstone (1813-1873)

* Explored southern and central Africa

Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)

* Explored the Congo River in Africa and found Dr. Livingstone

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