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1524
Giovanni da Verrazzano
sailed to North America in search for a sea route but did not find a route but instead found new york -
Quebec
Samuel de Champlain sailed up to St Lawrence and found Quebec -
French Jesuit
French Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette, Louis Joliet explored the Great Lakes -
New france
new France covered much of what is now the midwestern united states and eastern Canada -
europe population
new France population had grown to about 65,000