A Brief History Of
Early
Explorers
1488
Bartolomeu Dias -
He sailed around Africa to get to Asia. He
claimed all the ports there for Portugal.
1497
Giovanni Caboto -
He was an Italian explorer sailing for
Europe. He found Newfoundland were
they found great quantities of cod. They
returned only too fish.
1534
Jacques Cartier -
He went on 3 voyages. On his third voyage he
returned with "gold". It was actually iron pyrite,
which , thanks to him, is now called fools gold.
1920
Henry Hudson -
He was in search of the north-west passage. He
thought he found it but the found Hudson's Bay.
They frozen in for the winter and he wanted to
keep going but his crew kicked him of with his
son and a bunch of sick people.
1000
Leif Ericsson -
He sailed west and found Baffin Island, he
named Helluland. It was frozen there so he
went south and found Newfoundland and
Labrador. They wanted to make a permanent
settlement there and established a bad
relationship with the First Nations.
1492
Christopher Columbus -
He was an Italian explorer sailing for
Spain. He sail west to find Asia but ran
into the Caribbean instead.
1523
Giovanni da Verrazzano -
He was a pirate. He was sponsored by
King Francis I of France. He stole from
Spain for France.
6003
Samuel de Champlain -
He made the first permeant
settlement in the New World. He
named it Port Royale
1934 
John Franklin -
He almost found the north-west passage.
Before he could find it him and his crew died of
lead poisoning. He's body was never found.