GETTING TO KNOW AN EXPLORER

GIOVANNI DA VERRAZZANO

• 1524 is the year he made his discovery .
• He sailed to north america in seach of a sea route to the pacific but he didn't find the route.
• Verrazzano discovered what is called today New York Harbor.

JACQUES CATIER.

• In 1534 he made his discovery.
• He discovered the river St. Lawrence.He followed it inward until he reached a large island dominated by a hill he named ithe island mont royal which later became known as Montreal.
• The route he toke was reached a gulf off the eastern coast of Canada.

SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN

• He made his discovery in 1608
• He claim his region he called Quebec. It eventually became the base of France's colonial empire in North America, known as New France
• The route he took was that he sailed up the St.Lawrence.

JACQUES MARQUETTE AND LOUIS JOLIET

• In 1673 the both explored
• They both explored the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi River .

SIEUR DE LA SALLE

• In 1683 he explored
• He explored the lower Mississippi . He claimed the entire river valley for France.
• He named it Louisiana in honor of the French king , Louis XIV.

HERNY HUDSON

• In the early 17th century
• Hudson was looking for a western route to Asia
• He explored a river which eventually was named for him, and laid thereby the foundation for

BARTOLOMEU DIAS

• In 1487
• He sailed around the southern tip of Africa in the hope of finding a trade route to India.

VASCO DA GAMA

• In 1497-1499

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