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Sep 15, 1254
Marco Polo (1254-1324)
Click Here!Marco Polo was an Italian traveler who started out assisting his uncle and father on a trip to the Empire of China. He gained his importance by the Silk Road that runs across Europe and Asia. His book influenced many other explorers such as Christopher Columbus. -
Jan 1, 1450
John Cabot (1450-1498)
Click Here!John Cabot is an Italian explorer. He wanted to take after Christopher Columbus and make a discovery. He is made famous by his expidition to explore the eastern, western and northern sea. -
Jan 1, 1491
Jacques Cartier (1491-1557)
Click Here!Jacques Cartier was a French explorer. He made several expiditions to Canada to try to find a route through North America to the Pacific. Cartier is given credit for the country being named "Canada." -
Jan 1, 1540
Francis Drake (1540-1596)
Click!Francis Drake is said to be one of the greatest Elizabethan sailors. He had many expiditions that included sailing to the West Indies. His sailing stayed with him through life as he died on one of his expiditions and was buried at sea. -
Jan 1, 1554
Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618)
Click here!Walter Raleigh was a British explorer. He led many expiditions to both Americas to find gold and new settlements. Colonists were sent to North America to colonize and is credited for Virginia after Queen Elizabeth. -
Jan 1, 1565
Henry Hudson (1565-1611)
Click! Henry Hudson was a Dutch explorer. He has the Hudson River, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay all named after him. He is also credited for the discover of what is now New York City. -
Jan 1, 1567
Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635)
Click!Samuel de Champlain is a French explorer. He is most known for mapping out a majority of northeastern North America and starting a settlement in Quebec. He has a lake named after him that he discovered. -
James Cook (1729-1779)
Click here for more! James Cook was an explorer from Yorkshire, Britian. He was sent out on many expeditions by the British Navy for scientific research. He is given credit for the first European on New Zealand. -
George Vancouver (1758-1798)
Click!George Vancouver was an English explorer. His expiditions including sailing the northwest coast of North America. He is given credit for naming Mt. Rainier, Whidbey Island, and the Hood Canal. On his expeditions, he discovered what is now called Vancouver island. -
Leif Ericson (971-1015)
Click!Leif Ericson is an explorer from Greenland. He is said to have visited North America nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus did. He is said to have created a settlement known as "Vinland."
