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06/24/1499 | John Cabot | John Cabot was an Italian-born English explorer. His purpose was to find a Northwest passage but instead landed in Northeastern Asia. |
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11/14/1611 | Henry Hudson | Henry Hudson was an English explorer. He went looking for a Northwest passage from North America to Asia but instead found a river called the Hudson river. The hudson bay and the Hudson Strait are also named after him. |
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11/14/1635 | Samuel De Champlain | Samuel De Champlain was a geographer and mapped out most of North America and later discovered later the lake named after him. |
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11/14/1720 | David Thompson | David Thompson was an amazing land geographer. He mapped out amazing places. He was the first European to explore the Coloumbia river. |
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10/27/1779 | James Cook | James Cook was a British explorerwho went on many expeditions to the Pacific Ocean, the Anartic, the Artic and all over the world. |
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06/22/1795 | Leif Erickson | Leif Erickson lived in Greenland. He travelled to Helluland then to Markland finally he settled in Vinland The Good. Which he thought was NewFoundLand. Picture found on Google Images. |
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11/14/1820 | Alexander Mackenzie | Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish explorer who sailed to Canada through the Pacific Ocean. On his way travelling to lake Athabasca he discovered the Mackenzie river. |
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11/14/1862 | Simon Fraiser | Simon Fraiser was a fur trader and explorer. He started to look for a place to start his trades but instead he disovered a river which is now known as the Fraiser river. |
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11/14/2011 | Jaques Cartier | Jaques Cartier was a French explorer who led three expeditions to Canada. He was looking for a route to the Pacific for a Northwest but he failed. He settled in what he called "Canada". |
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