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  2. Exploration of the Pacific - Wikipedia

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    Early Polynesian explorers reached nearly all Pacific islands by 1200 CE, followed by Asian navigation in Southeast Asia and the West Pacific. During the Middle Ages, Muslim traders linked the Middle East and East Africa to the Asian Pacific coasts, reaching southern China and much of the Malay Archipelago. Direct European contact with the ...

  3. Bruno de Heceta - Wikipedia

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    Bruno de Heceta (Hezeta) y Dudagoitia (1743–1807) was a Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific Northwest.Born in Bilbao of an old Basque family, [1] he was sent by the viceroy of New Spain, Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa, to explore the area north of Alta California in response to information that there were colonial Russian settlements there.

  4. List of explorers - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 December 2024. Leif Erikson (c.970–c.1020) was a famous Norse explorer who is credited for being the first European to set foot on American soil. Explorers are listed below with their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries of activity and main areas of exploration. Marco ...

  5. 1770s Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic - Wikipedia

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    Excepting possible Spanish or East Asian shipwrecks in earlier periods, possible origins of disease spread on the Pacific Coast began in the late 1500s with the landing of Francis Drake at California. European contact in the Northwest only began in the late 1700s with Spanish, British, and Russian exploration in the region.

  6. Category:Explorers of the Pacific - Wikipedia

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    American explorers of the Pacific (1 C, 23 P) ... Spanish history in the Pacific Northwest (72 P) Pages in category "Explorers of the Pacific"

  7. Why does Trump want Greenland and the Panama Canal so ... - AOL

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    To understand Trump’s interest in Greenland, Bolton said, just look at a map of the world from the vantage point of the North Pole. Four NATO countries – the U.S., Canada, Denmark and Norway ...

  8. Wilson Price Hunt - Wikipedia

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    Wilson Price Hunt (March 20, 1783 – April 13, 1842) was an early pioneer and explorer of the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest of North America.Employed as an agent in the fur trade under John Jacob Astor, Hunt organized and led the greater part of a group of about 60 men on an overland expedition to establish a fur trading outpost at the mouth of the Columbia River.

  9. Juan José Pérez Hernández - Wikipedia

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    Juan José Pérez Hernández (born Joan Perés [1] c. 1725 – November 3, 1775), often simply Juan Pérez, was an 18th-century Spanish explorer.He was the first known European to sight, examine, name, and record the islands near present-day British Columbia, Canada.