Explorers and conquerors

1. jacques cartier

1.1. April 20, 1534- Cartier set sail hoping to discover a western passage to Asia

1.2. Breton explorer who claimed what is now Canada, for France

1.3. French

1.4. December 31, 1491-September 1, 1557

1.5. first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence

1.6. returned to France September 1534, thinking he had reached an Asian land

2. henry hudson

2.1. English sea explorer and navigator

2.2. English

2.3. 1565–1611

2.4. made two attempts to find a Northeast Passage to China via the Arctic Circle

2.5. 1609 he landed in North America and explored the now NYC area

2.6. looking for a Northwest way to Asia on behalf of the Dutch East India Company

3. samuel de champlain

3.1. "The Father of New France"

3.2. French navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, explorer, geographer

3.3. founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608

3.4. August 13, 1574-December 25, 1635

3.5. Canadian

3.6. helped with the first permanent European settlement north of Florida

4. john cabot

4.1. Venetian navigator and explorer

4.2. 1497 discovery of the coast of North America

4.3. under commission of Henry VII of England

4.4. first European exploration of the mainland of North America

4.5. finding an alternative route to China

4.6. received some financial backing from his Italian community