The early explorers were hoping to reach Asia when they set out on their journeys, searching for new trade routes and resources. They believed they could reach Asia by sailing westward from Europe.
James Cook was the first European to reach Hawaii(Sandwich Islands)
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Roald Amundsen was their leader.
The Spanish explorers first reached California in 1542, led by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. They landed in what is now San Diego.
The first explorer to reach the south pole was roald Amundsen who was shortly followed by Robert Scott falcon. Who reached the north pole first, I have no idea.
what made it possible for the explorers to reach new lands that previous explorers didn't have?
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Roald Amundsen was the leader of the first group of explorers to reach the South Pole in 1911. He and his team reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911, beating the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott.
In Amundsen's team, there is no notation of which of the two team members reached 90 degrees South 'first'.
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