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World
  • Daniela Sanchez
  • Kevin Gilland
  • Scott Bondeson
  • Josh Hall

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Sir Francis Drake
  • Born in 1540
  • Defeated the Spanish Armada, also was first
    Englishman to sail around the world.
  • Died in 1596

3
Galileo Galilei
  • Born 1564, Died 1642
  • Galileo pionereered the scientific method
  • He perfected the refracting telescopes, and did
    much research on the planets and their moons
  • Originally thought the sun and planets revolved
    around the earth, Before being exposed to the
    Heliocentric Model

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Nicolaus Copernicus
  • Born February 19th, 1473
  • Kool name
  • Most famously known for postulating the theory of
    the heliocentric model (sun-centered universe).
  • Never professional astronomer
  • Died May 24th, 1543

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