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He sailed to North America in search of a sea route to the Pacific. He did discover what is now New York.
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The English reached the coast of Virginia and they claimed the land as their own. They named it Jamestown in honor of their king.
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They explored the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. Along their travels they came upon Native Americans.
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Around ten years after Marquette and Joliet, he explored the lower Mississippi and claimed the entire river valley for France.
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By the early 1700s New France covered what is now the Midwestern United States and Eastern Canada.