Explorer timeline

By coolcats14
  • Christopher Columbus
    Aug 2, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus sailed to America
  • John Cabot
    Aug 2, 1497

    John Cabot

    John Cabot found Newfoundland
  • Jacques Cartier
    Feb 25, 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Cartier claims land for France
  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlian settlement in new France
  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain died in Quebec on Christmas Day in 1635.
  • Lief Erickson

    Lief Erickson

    Lief Erickson lands in Vinland