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Explorers

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GIOVANNI DA VERRAZZANO

  • Sea route to the Pacific *Sailed to North America
  • Italian in the service of France
  • 1524
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JACQUES CARTIER

  • 1534
  • Discovered St. Lawrence river
  • Discovered Island Mont Royal
  • Frenchman
  • Reached the gulf off of the Eastern coast of Canada that led to the broad river
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SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN

  • 1608
  • French explorer
  • Sailed up the St. Lawrence River
  • Discovered Quebec (New France)
4.

JACQUES MARQUETTE & LOUIS JOLIET

  • JM- French Priest. LJ- trader
  • 1673
  • Explored the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi River
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SIEUR DE LA SALLE

  • 1683
  • French
  • Explored lower Mississippi
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HENRY HUDSON

  • 1609
  • Englishman
  • Sailed west searching for a NW sea route to Asia
  • Explored 3 waterways
  • Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait
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FERDINAND MAGELLAN

  • 1519
  • Portuguese explorer
  • Sailed around the southern end of South America
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VASCO DE GAMA

  • 1498
  • Reached the port of Calicut
  • Portuguese explorer
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BARTOLOMEU DIAS

  • Portuguese explorer
  • Went on the edge around Africa and to India
  • 1487-1488
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

  • 1492
  • Sailed west across the Atlantic trying to get to Asia
  • Discovered the Caribbean

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