Early Explorers

Leif Erikson
Son of Erik the Red, Leif Erikson aka Leif the
Lucky was born between the years 960–970
A.D. Leif left his home country during the year
970 A.D. and landed on the North American
continent, where he explored a region he
called Vinland.

Zheng he
Zheng he was a was a Chinese explorer who
lead Seven voyages on the behalf of the
Chinese emperor he was as wonderful explore.
He was born on 1371 · Kunming, China
he went to the red sea. Indian sea, Arabian Sea.

Giovanni Da Verrazzano

I I Was born on the year 1485, and Rise in a pirate family

, and. preyed on preying on Spanish and Portuguese sea
vessel.
the final n 1528, Verrazzano set sail on what would be his
final voyage. The purpose of the trip was to trade for
spices in the West Indies, reaching Florida, the Bahamas
and the Lesser Antilles. On one of these islands, likely
near Guadalope, Verrazzano went ashore and was killed
by Caribs, the Indigenous people there.

Giovanni Cabotto
I went to the North West I saw the cod
, and i knew that the fish were making
our boat slow down and i talk my king
they is fish for time, but i died form
hypovolemic shock.

Christopher Columbus

he explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from
Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water
route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he stumbled upon the
Americas. Though he did not really “discover” the so-called New World—millions of
people already lived there—his journeys marked the beginning of centuries of
exploration and colonization of North and South America.ext

Jacques Cartier
Born December 23, 1491, Jacques Cartier
was born in Saint-Malo, France. He is
famous for being the first European
explorer to navigate through the St.
Lawrence river.
Samuel De Champlain
Birth date unknown Samuel De
Champlain set off for a voyage to North
America. He founded Quebec City in
1608. He was known as the Father of
France.

Henry Huson
I was born on 1565, I work for
the English.
I died from my own crew by a
mutiny. and threw my out in
the frozen place

Vasco Da Gama
Born in 1469 Vasco Da Gama was the first
European to navigate from Europe to India.
Sailing around Africa's cape of good hope.

John Franklin

i was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic

explorer. After serving in wars against
Napoleonic France and the United States,
he led two expeditions into the Canadian
Arctic and through the islands of the Arctic
Archipelago, in 1819 and 1825, and served as
Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land
from 1839 to 1843. During his third and final
expedition, an attempt to