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Leif the Lucky sailed west to greenland in 1000
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Thorfinn Karlsefni and about 160 other people sailed to Vinland.
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Christopher Columbus went to the monarchs of spain and he convinced to finance his trip. He said with three ships called the santa maria the nina and the pinta.
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The land was the Bahamas then he saided southeast of Florida the he arrived at a place that he named San Salvado and claimed it for the King and Queen of spain
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John Cabot set sail on the 40 metre vessel the matthew in 1497
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The next year, 1498 Cabot ventured farther south . Here he entered a shallow waters teeming with codfish.
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John Cabot died the following year, in 1499
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Christopher Columbus died in 1506 at Spain.
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He was commisioned by King Francis of france in 1543 to travel to North Americato look for spices, gold, diamonds, and most important, the passage to the far east.
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Jacques Cartier sailed with 2 ships and a crew of sixty-one men. He travelled through the straight of belle isle. South along the western coast of newfoundland, and around the Gulf of st. Lawrence.
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The next year, 1535 Cartier retured to North America with three ships and 110 men. He brought back Cheif Donnnacona's two sons. These men Guided him inland up the st. Lawrence River.
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In 1541 Jacques Cartier Returned back to Canada. He settled in what is now Quebec, but times were tough. His men were difficult to controland got into trouble with the Iroquois.
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The King appointed Sieur de Monts with a monopoly over the fur trade in Canada and challenged him to establish a settlement.
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In 1606 the 2 men established a french settlement at stadaconna.
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Champlain made his way as far west as the great lakes.
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They were the first Europeans to arrive about 1000 to 500 years ago