Chapter 2 Age of Exploration

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  • Leif Erickson: Sponsored by the country of Scandinavia
    1000

    Leif Erickson: Sponsored by the country of Scandinavia

    Land on the northern coast of North America, which is in present day Canada.
  • John Cabot
    1497

    John Cabot

    Cabot laned on the coast of present-day Newfoundland and he was sent to look for a northern sea route to Asia in 1497.
  • Giovanni de Varrazano
    1524

    Giovanni de Varrazano

    Verrazano explored the coast of North America from present-day nova Scotia down to the Carolinas.