Megan's explorers

  • Erik the red settles in Greenland
    Mar 14, 980

    Erik the red settles in Greenland

    Erik the red in the nineteen eighties became the first leader in greenland and was the father of leif eriksson.
  • Bjarni sees North America but didn't land
    Jun 13, 986

    Bjarni sees North America but didn't land

    a viking sea explorer and spotted North America but did not land
  • Leif Eriksson lands in North America
    Jun 17, 1002

    Leif Eriksson lands in North America

    Eriksson was a Greenlander who was born in iceland andtraveled to Norway and became a christian.
  • columbus sailed the ocean blue
    Feb 15, 1492

    columbus sailed the ocean blue

    in 1492 columbus sailed west from spain to sail across the middle of the atlantic ocean
  • John Cabot  landed  on cape briton
    Jun 28, 1497

    John Cabot landed on cape briton

    john cabot was the first english man to cross atlantic and reached
    cape breton and on his journey found lots of codd fish he came back and told his king " king i have found codd fish. So much codd fish that they could feed anyone and everyone on the land
  • Cartier interactes with North Americans
    Feb 1, 1534

    Cartier interactes with North Americans

    in 1534 jacques traded with the americans and migled