Who sponsored Vasco Nunez de Balboa? Who raised Marco Polo? Who financed Hernan Cortes' voyages? Who led the Zapatistas after Zapata? Who was king of Spain when Cortes arrived in Tenochtitlan? Who killed Magellan? Who assassinated Emiliano Zapata?
Who was sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase? Who founded Maine? Who sponsored Christopher Columbus? Who founded Vermont? Who negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana Territory? Who hired Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage? Who helped raise money for the Continental Army?
Who sponsored Marco Polo? Who financed Hernan Cortes' voyages? Who sent Ferdinand Magellan on his journey? Who sent Vasco da Gama on his first voyage? Who was the first to circumnavigate the world? Who discovered the Strait of Magellan?