FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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Henry Hudson
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Jacques Cartier
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Samuel de Champlain
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Vasco da Gama
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Detailed explanation-1: -He discovered Lake Champlain in 1609 and made other explorations of what are now northern New York, the Ottawa River, and the eastern Great Lakes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Samuel de Champlain was born in La Rochelle, France to a family of mariners. He gained experience as a navigator through voyages with his uncle, notable fur trader François Gravé Du Pont, who traveled and traded in the New World as early as 1599.
Detailed explanation-3: -Champlain was probably born a commoner, but, after acquiring a reputation as a navigator (having taken part in an expedition to the West Indies and Central America), he received an honorary if unofficial title at the court of Henry IV. In 1603 he accepted an invitation to visit what he called the River of Canada (St.
Detailed explanation-4: -Not only did he found Québec in 1608, but for 25 years he tirelessly championed the ambitious project to establish a French colony in the St. Lawrence Valley.