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1000 A.D. LEIF ERIKSSON (970?-1020?) MARCO POLO (1254?-1324) JOHN CABOT (1451-1498) CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1451?-1506) AMERIGO VESPUCCI (1454-1512) VASCO da GAMA (1460?-1524) 1500 FERDINAND MAGELLAN (1480?-1521) HERNÁN CORTÉZ (1485-1547) SIR FRANCIS DRAKE (1534?-1596) 1600 HENRY HUDSON (15??-1611) SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN (1567-1635) JACQUES MARQUETTE (1637-1675) & LOUIS JOLLIET (1645-1700) RENE-ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR (LORD) DE LA SALLE (1643-1687) 1700 JAMES COOK (1728-1779) DANIEL BOONE (1734-1820) 1800 MERIWETHER LEWIS (1774-1809) & WILLIAM CLARK (1770-1838) SACAGAWEA (1787?-1812 or 1884) DAVID LIVINGSTONE (1813-1898) 1900 ROBERT PEARY (1856-1920) & MATTHEW HENSON (1866-1955) ROALD AMUNDSEN (1872-1928) RICHARD E. BYRD (1888-1957) CHARLES A. LINDBERGH (1902-1974) JOHN GLENN (1921- ) NEIL ARMSTRONG (1930- ) VALENTINA TERESHKOVA (1937- ) SALLY RIDE (1951- ) 2000