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Getting To Know Explorers

Published on Mar 25, 2016

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GIOVANNI DE VERRAZZANO

  • Explored North America- the East coast
  • Traveled across the Atlantic Ocean
  • Is a Italian explorer and found it in 1524

JACQUES CARTIER

  • Founded and claimed Canada for France
  • Explored for France
  • Claimed in 1541-1542

SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN

  • Founded New France in Quebec City
  • Explored for France
  • Founded it in 1608

JACQUES MARQUETTE

  • Founded Sault St. Marie
  • Explored for France
  • Founded in 1663

LOUIS JOLIET

  • Explored and mapped much of Mississippi
  • Was a French-Canadian explorer
  • Explored it in 1663

SIEUR DE LA SALLE

  • Discover much of North America- Canada, Great Lakes region, and Gulf of Mexico
  • Explored for France
  • Started his journey in 1669

HENRY HUDSON

  • Explored the Artic ocean and Northeastern North America.
  • Was a English explorer and navigator
  • Discovered it from 16011

BARTOLOMEU DIAS

  • Sailed to the Indian Ocean
  • Explored/sailed for Portugal
  • Happened in 1488

VASCO DE GAMA

  • Went to India from Portugal
  • Sailed for Portugal
  • Took from 1519-1524

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

  • First to circumnavigation the earth
  • Explored for Portugal
  • 1519-1522

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

  • Christophe discovered America trying to get to India.
  • Christopher explored for spain.
  • Christopher found America in 1492