The 11 Explorers
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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GIOVANNI DA VERRAZANO
- Born 1485 Greve in Chiant, Italy
- He was a Florentine explorer of North America
- in 1522, Giovanni da Verrazzano captured a Spanish treasure ship laden with gold.
JACQUES CARTIER
- He was a French explorer orf Brenton Origin.
- Was the first European to describe and map the gulf of saint lawarwnce.
- Cartier named Canada "Kanata" meaning village or settlement in the Huron-Iroquois language
Photo by jean louis mazieres
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
- Born August 13, 1574.
- He was a French navigator, cartographer
- He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3rd 1608
- He later died on December 25 1635
JACQUES MARQUETTE
- Born June, 1 1637
- Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, and later founded St. Ignace, Michigan.
- Died on May 18, 1675
LOUIS JOLIET
- Born September 21 1645
- He explored France
- Him and Samuel de Champlain found Quebec City in 1608
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SIEURE DE LASALLE
- Born: November 21, 1643, Rouen, France
- He sailed from the Great Lakes through the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico
- He explored France
- He found between 1678 and 1682
BARTOLOMEU DIAS
- Bpje sailed around southern Southern Africa reaching the Indian Ocean.
- He sailed foe Portuguese
- He found his route in 1488
VASCO DA GAMA
- He sailed from Portugal to India
- Da gama sailed for Portuguese
- His route took him 2 years (1497-1499)
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
- He found Hispaniola
- He explored Italy
- He found Hispaniola in 1498
HENRY HUDSON
- He found a north way passage to Cathay
- He sailed for Europe
