The Mighty Explorers

Vasco da Gama

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Portugal

Hernando Cortes

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Spain

Francisco Pizarro

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Spain

Ferdinand MagellanSpain

Francis DrakeEnglish

Jacques CartierFrench

Christopher ColumbusSpain

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Will The Real Christopher Columbus Stand Up Please?

Columbus: Hero or Villain?

•Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492...400 years later .... how is he viewed?

Columbus: Hero or Villan?

•Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492...400 years later .... how is he viewed?

Grand Columbus Exhibition

Columbus: Hero or Villan?•Columbus sailed the ocean blue in

1492...500 years later .... how is he viewed?

Columbus: Hero or Villain?

• Consider how Columbus might be viewed in the future? For example, today most Americans eat meat. What if, in 300 years in the future, meat eaters are reviled or hated? How will Americans of today be looked at in the history books?