SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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Detailed explanation-1: -John Cabot was searching for a water route to Asia, along with Giovanni de Verrazano, but not at the same time. Henry Hudson was looking for a water route through North America. Christopher Columbus was sent by Spain to look for a water route from Europe to the Indies.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1609, the merchants of the Dutch East India Company hired English explorer Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Hudson navigated along the North American coast looking for a more southern, ice-free route across the North American continent to the Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-3: -Henry Hudson was a well-known English explorer and navigator in the 17th century. He was the third explorer to search for the North-West Passage. The North-West Passage was a fabled seaway linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via the Arctic Circle and a sought-after trade route.
Detailed explanation-4: -Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen was the first to sail through the Northwest Passage in 1903–1906.