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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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".
