EARLY EXPLORERS TO NORTH AMERICA Early Explorers John

EARLY EXPLORERS TO NORTH AMERICA

Early Explorers John Cabot Leif Ericson, 10 th century Columbus, 1492 Cabot, 1497 Cartier, 1534 -41 Frobisher, 1576 Hudson, 1610 Champlain, 1605, 1608 & 1642 Cook, 1778 *Vikings may not be exactly as they appear Henry Hudson

Jacques Cartier 1534, convinced French monarch to fund expedition Entered through Gulf of St. Lawrence, placed cross on what is now Gaspe Peninsula, claiming land Came into contact with FN Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) leader Donnacona Took Donnacona’s 2 sons to France to become translators

Cartier After reporting natural resources, allowed a second mission where Donnacona saved men from scurvy Smallpox led to poor relationship Capture of 2 sons and 7 others Haudenosaunee attacks, scurvy, poor crops = return to France Charted much of Gulf of St. Lawrence, which became main entry point for French

Death and re-birth of exploration French Civil War; 50 year break from expeditions When war finished, France needed resources for wealth Natural riches of NA (esp. beaver) = JACKPOT! Company founded, given monopoly in Acadia Present-day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

Samuel de Champlain Geographer and cartographer came on de Monts’ expedition 1605 – Port Royal colony (present day NS) � Order of Good Cheer � Trade monopoly revoked 1607, abandonment 1608 – Quebec � Formerly Stadacona 1642 – Ville-Marie � Formerly Hochelaga � Later called Montreal