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After sailing along the coast of North America, Eriiksson noted areas of "flat stone" then areas of "sandy beaches" and "land of woods." He then arrived in an area he called "Vinland" landed here and settled for the winter. Picture courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.
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Eirik the Red's daughter Freydis led an expedition to Vinland. May have battled a group of Aboriginal people.
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New ideas and improved methods of shipbuilding made sailing on voyages of exploration safer. Monarchs wished to find out more about the world so they hired mariners to search for a water route to Asia.
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Sailed across the Atlantic and landed on an island called San Salvador. Picture courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.
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Christopher Columbus had four voyages to "America"
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European nations were involved in numerous fishing and exploration voyages during this time.
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Sailed for North America aboard the ship named Matthew. Probably landed on the island he called New Found Land, claiming it for England.
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Travelled along the eastern coast of North America from Florida to New Found Land. Claim to have found a passage to Asia stating that North America existed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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French Explorations of North America - included Verrazano, Cartier and Champlain in Acadia and Quebec.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAtOCH189oc Set sail with two ships from St. Malo, a port in northwest France. His goal was to travel to the Sea of Asia and discover lands rich in gold and other precious things.
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Cartier sailed back across the Atlantic arriving in an area known as Kebec to the Iroquoian-speaking Stadacona people. Cartier continued up the St.Lawrence to Hochelaga which was located where present city of Montreal now stands. Picture courtesy of Wikipedia Commons. Picture courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.
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Set sail for the St.Lawrence with five ships in an attempt to colonize the lands Cartier had earlier claimed for France. Cartier was the navigator and nobleman Jean Francis de Roberval was in charge. Cartier sailed home without Roberval's knowledge, the diamonds and gold brought back were found worthless and King Francis I thus deemed the land worthless. Picture courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.
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Eirik the Red explores the coast of Greenland and establishes two settlements there. Picture courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.
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Bjarni Herjolfsson reaches the coast of a new land after he is blown off course sailing from Iceland to Greenland. Bjarni is believed to have been the first European to see North America. Picture courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.
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Vikings from Norway, Sweden and Denmark were in search of good farmland and new trading areas.
