Getting To Know An Explorer
Published on Dec 13, 2015
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GIOVANNI DA VERRAZZANO
- Verrazzano found New Harbor
- He was trying to find a route to the Pacific Ocean
- He found New Harbor in 1524
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JACQUES CARTIER
- He founded Mont Royal which is now called Montreal
- A Gulf off the Eastern Coast and then explored the Saint Lawrence River
- He founded Mont Royal in 1534
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
- He laid claim to a region he called Quebec
- He was exploring the St. Lawrence River
- He laid to this claim in 1608
JACQUES MARQUETTE
- Him and Joliet founded the Great Lakes
- Him and Joliet explored the Upper Mississippi River
- They founded the Great Lakes in 1673
LOUIS JOLIET
- Him and Marquette founded the Great Lakes.
- Him and Marquette explored the Upper Mississippi River and the Great Lakes
- They founded the Great Lakes in 1673
SIEUR DE LO SALLE
- He explored the lower Mississippi River
- He claimed the entire river valley for France
- He founded it in 1683
HENRY HUDSON
- He founded the Hudson River
- He sailed to Nova Scotia and then sailed south from that
- He founded the Hudson River in 1609
BARTOLOMEU DIAS
- He founded the Cape of Good Hope
- He was trying to find a route to Asia by passing the Southern Tip of Africa
- He founded it in 1488
VASCO DE GAMA
- He founded the port of Calicut
- He explored around the tip of Southern Africa
- He founded Calicut in 1498
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
- He discovered the Strait of Magellan
- He was exploring for the Spice Islands and was the first to cross the Pacific Ocean
- Her founded the Strait of Magellan in 1519
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
- He discovered the Bahamas
- He was trying to find a route to Asia by sailing across the Pacific Ocean
- He discovered the Bahamas in 1492
