Megan's explorers

Erik the red settles in Greenland

Mar 14, 980

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

a viking sea explorer and spotted North America but did not land

Leif Eriksson lands in North America

Jun 17, 1002

Eriksson was a Greenlander who was born in iceland andtraveled to Norway and became a christian.

columbus sailed the ocean blue

Feb 15, 1492

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 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

in 1534 jacques traded with the americans and migled