Over the centuries, explorers have had all sorts of reasons for heading off on their travels. Some were looking for new lands to trade with, or to settle and farm. Others wanted to spread word of their religion. Some hoped to win fame or riches, and many simply set off in search of adventure.
These maps show the routes of the explorers mentioned in this book.
[In about the year 1000CE, a daring band of Viking explorers led by Leif Eriksson became the first Europeans to sail across the Atlantic Ocean to North America.]
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