explores of canada

Eric the Red

Nov 7, 1000

the vikings were on a voyage to greenland but a storm blew them of course to northamerica they were able to get word of canada to europe but weren't able to get any one to come for 500 years!!

CABOT, JOHN

Nov 1, 1500

John Cabot (1450-1499) was an Italian-born English explorer and navigator. In Italy, he is known as Giovanni Caboto (which is his original name)
told english all about the new found land [thats where you get Newfoundland]

CARTIER, JACQUES

Nov 7, 1534

jacques Cartier (1491-1557) was a French explorer who led three expeditions to Canada, in 1534, 1535, and 1541. He was looking for a route to the Pacific through North America (a Northwest Passage) but did not find one. Cartier paved the way for French exploration of North America.
Cartier sailed inland, going 1,000 miles up the St. Lawrence River. He also tried to start a settlement in Quebec (in 1541), but it was abandoned after a terribly cold winter. Cartier named Canada; "Kanata"

Martin Frobisher

Nov 10, 1535

b. 1535 - d. 1594) Sir Martin Frobisher was an English privateer (a pirate licensed by the British government), navigator, explorer, and naval officer. After years of sailing to northwestern Africa, and looting French ships in the English Channel, Frobisher sailed to North America to search for a Northwest Passage. This was believed to be a sea route across northern Canada from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, making the trip to Asia easier.
In 1576.

Sir Humphrey Gilbert

Nov 10, 1539

c. 1539-83)English navigator, of Compton, near Dartmouth, was a half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh. In early life he followed a military career, soldiering in France, in Ireland where he was knighted for his services, and in the Netherlands.
He had a lifelong ambition to voyage in search of the North-West Passage to Cathay, and in 1576 published a famous discourse on the subject. He was eventually granted a charter in 1578 by Elizabeth I, for such a voyage.

HUDSON, HENRY

Nov 10, 1565

Henry Hudson (1565-1611) was an English explorer and navigator who sailed to northern North America four times. He had been hired by the Muscovy Company to find a Northwest passage (a waterway cutting through through northern North America) that would take traders across North America to Asia. After failing to find a waterway through the far northern portion of North America on two trips, he was hired by the Dutch East India Company to try farther south.

Samuel de Champlain

Nov 10, 1567

(b. 1567? - d. 1635) was a French explorer and navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America and started a settlement in Quebec. Champlain also discovered the lake named for him (Lake Champlain) and was important in establishing and administering the French colonies in the New World. In 1603, Champlain sailed to France on Francois Grave Du Pont's expedition. They sailed up the St. Lawrence River and the Saguenay River; they also explored the Gaspe Peninsula.

james cook

Nov 10, 1768

James Cook (October 27, 1728- February 14, 1779) was a British explorer and astronomer who went on many expeditions to the Pacific Ocean, Antarctic, Arctic, and around the world.

Sir John Franklin

Nov 10, 1786

b. 1786 - d. 1847) was an English explorer and Admiral who proved the existence of a Northwest Passage (a water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through Canada). From 1819 to 1822, Franklin surveyed part of the northwestern Canadian coast east of the Coppermine River. On a second expedition, from 1825 to 1827, Franklin explored the North American coast from the mouth of the Mackenzie River, in northwestern Canada, westward to Point Beechey (Alaska).

VANCOUVER, GEORGE

Nov 10, 1792

Captain George Vancouver (1758-1798) was an English explorer and navigator who sailed to the northwest coast of North America. His two ships, "Discovery" and "Chatham," reached the Strait of Juan de Fuca (near what is now the US-Canadian border) in May, 1792. He then sailed to Puget Sound (near is now Seattle); Vancouver named Puget Sound (he named it for Lieutenant Peter Puget who was sailing under Captain Vancouver on the ship "Discovery"). Vancouver also named Mt. Rainier, Whidbey Island,

AMUNDSEN, ROALD

Jun 4, 1872

Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was a Norwegian polar explorer who was the first person to fly over the North Pole in a dirigible (May 11-13, 1926) and was the first person to reach the South Pole. Amundsen and his small expedition reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911, traveling by dog sled. Amundsen was also the first person to sail around the world through the Northeast and Northwest passages, from the Atlantic to the Pacific . He was the first person to reach the North and South