North by Northwest French and English Explorers. Objective: Explain how and why other European powers began to search for a Northwest Passage to Asia

North by NorthwestFrench and English Explorers

Objective:

• Explain how and why other European powers began to search for a Northwest Passage to Asia.

Who Went Where & Why?

• John Cabot: (also known as Giovanni Caboto)

• From Italy• Sailed for England• 1497

• Important Contributions: -1st European in N. America since the Vikings.-Explored Newfoundland, Novia Scotia, and New England-Claimed land for English colines- Thought he was in Asia at the time!


• Giovanni da Verrazano• From Italy• Sailed for France• Set sail in 1524

• Important Contributions:-Explored east coast of North America (NC to Maine)-1st European to enter New York Bay-Established French claims-Couldn’t find a Northwest Passage


• Jacques Cartier• From France• Sailed for France• Three voyages (1534,

1535, & 1541)

• Important Contributions:-Explored Canada, Labrador, Newfoundland, St. Lawrence River/Gulf-Started settlement in Quebec that failed!-Paved the way for French colonies in North America


• Martin Frobisher • From England• Sailed for England• Set sail 1576

• Important Contributions:-Claimed Baffin Island, Resolution Island, & Frobisher Bay for England-Sailed through the Hudson Straights and built (failed) mining settlements there


• Sir Francis Drake:• From England• Sailed for England• Set sail 1577

• Important Contributions:-2nd circumnavigation of the globe (after Magellan)-Raided Spanish ships and settlements along the way


• John Davis:• From England• Sailed for England• Set sail 1586

• Important Contributions:-Explored Greenland & Arctic region looking for the N.W. Passage-Discovered Falkland Islands in the S. Atlantic (1592)-Davis Strait b/w Greenland & Baffin Island is named after him


• Henry Hudson:• From England• Sailed for England &

Holland• Three voyages 1607,

1609, & 1610

• Important Contributions:-Three failed voyages, so England wouldn’t pay for more.-Explored the Hudson River, discovered Hudson Bay (but thought it was the Pacific Ocean).


• Robert La Salle:• From France• Sailed for France• Set sail 1682

• Important Contributions:-Sailed south from Canada from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.-Claimed all land along the Mississippi for France

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North by Northwest French and English Explorers. Objective: Explain how and why other European powers began to search for a Northwest Passage to Asia