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Apr 11, 1012
Vikings came to North America
About 1000 years ago-500 years before Columbus. -
Apr 11, 1451
Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy
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Apr 11, 1492
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
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Apr 11, 1492
Columbus went to the monarchs of Spain
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Apr 11, 1497
John Cabot and his crew sailed on the 40-metre vessel the "Matthew"
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Apr 11, 1498
Cabot set five sail with five ships to search the routes of the Far East
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Apr 11, 1499
(Historians say that he returned back to England) Cabot died in the following year
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Apr 11, 1506
Columbus died in Spain
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Apr 11, 1534
Jacques Cartier was commissioned by King Francis I of France in the following year
They travelled to North America to look for spices, gold, diamonds, and the passage to the Far East. -
Apr 11, 1534
Cartier sailed from St.Malo, France
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Apr 11, 1534
Cartier sailed from St.Malo, France
With 2 ships and a crew of 61 men. They travelled through the Strait of Belle Isle. -
Apr 11, 1535
Catier returned to North America
With 3 ships and 110 men. He also brought back Chief Donnacona's two soms. -
Apr 11, 1541
Catier returned to Canada
He settled in Quebec, but they got into a lot of trouble with the Iroqouis. -
Apr 11, 1557
Catier's Death
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Sameul de Champlain was Aymar's ship Captain
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Sameul de Champlain became the captain of the Sieur de Monts' Ship
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Sameul de Champlain and Aymar established a French settlement at Stadacona
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Sameul de Champlain travelled inland up the Richelieu River
He did not find the ocean but he found a lake he named Lake Champlain. -
Champlain made his way as far west as the Great Lakes
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Champlain died in Quebec on Christmas Day
He's considered the first governor of Canada. He's also called "Father of New France". -
The Vikings sailed was and established a settlement in Greenland
They sighted 2 peices of land, possibly Baffin Island and Laborador. They landed in Newfoundland, and they found wild grapes growing, so they called this area Vinland.