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Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Found North America on a voyage across the Atlantic ocean while searching for India -
Apr 1, 1500
Gasper Corte-Real
A Portuguese explorer who found Greenland in 1500. On a second voyage in 1501 he located Labrador and Newfoundland but was lost at sea thereafter and little is known about him -
Apr 1, 1513
Ponce de Leon
Spanish explorer who was the first to set foot in Florida -
Mar 1, 1523
Giovanni da Verrozano
An Italian explorer searching for a passage to Asia. Reached Cape Fear in early March then travelled up the eastern coast of North America Britannica -
Feb 14, 1534
Jacques Cartier
Often thought of as the founder of Canada. Actually founded Quebec. He was the first explorer of the Gulf of St. Lawrence Cartier Podcast -
Jan 1, 1576
Martin Frobisher
Travelled to Canada - found what he thought was gold (it was actually fools gold). The then descovered Resolution Island which he claimed for England -
John Davis
English explorer who rediscovered Greenland in 1585 then he crossed to Baffin Island. He made two additional voyages in 1586 and 1587 -
Samuel de Champlain
French navigator credited for finding New France and Acadia -
Citations
Santamaria - http://authorshive.com/2011/01/03/christopher-columbus/ North America - http://www.world-atlas.us/north-america.htm Gasper - http://theazoresislands.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html Giovanni - http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/626406/Giovanni-da-Verrazzano Giovanni - http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/images/giovanni-da-verrazzano.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/giovanni-da-verrazzano.htm&h=207&w=185&sz=7&tbnid=uU1ijq -
Henry Hudson
English Discoverer (boat named the Discovery). Founded the Hudson's Bay but was convinced he had found the Northwest Passage HudsonAn -
William Baffin
William Baffin discovered Baffin Bay. On his 5th voyage he travelled the farthest north than would be travelled for the next 236 years entering the Lancaster Sound, the entrance to the Northwest Passage. Though he did not recognize it as such
