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Jan 1, 1000
Leif Ericson
In 1000 AD, Leif Eriksson, a viking explorer, set sail from Green land and headed west. He found Vinland, or "vine" land. He was the first to find it and spent many winters settling in the newly found land. Click Here for More Information -
Jan 1, 1271
Marco Polo
Marco Polo was an Italian explorer. He traveled to Asia with his father and uncle. They traveled to Alexandria, Damascus and Baghdad. He also discovered Constantinople. He sailed to new cities and informed Europeans about them. He also wrote a book about China which got many other explorers interested in China. Click Here for More Information -
Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot
John Cabot is an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America is commonly held to have been the first European encounter with the continent of North America since the Norse Vikings in the eleventh century. Click Here for More Information -
Jan 1, 1540
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier led three expeditions of exploration to Canada. He was the first European to describe and map. Click Here for More Information -
Walter Raleigh
Walter had made the Discovery of Guiana and establishing the Virginia colony of Roanoke Island in 1584. Click Here for More Information -
Samuel de Champlain
"The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608. Click Here for More Information -
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson sailed for the Dutch to find a Northeastern passage. On his travels, he discovered the bay, river and strait now named after him. Click Here for More Information -
James Cook
Captain James Cook was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands as well as the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Click Here for More Information -
George Vancouver
George was an English officer of the British Royal Navy, best known for his 1791-95 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. He also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia. Click Here for More Information -
Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician. He was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. He also carried out the second circumnavigation of the world, from 1577 to 1580. Click Here for More Information
