Ch. 2 Explorers

Left Britain searching for a northwest passage to Asia but got trapped in ice and his crew rebelled, sending him adrift in a small boat.

• Martin Frobisher

• Henry Hudson

• Jacques Cartier

• John Cabot

He travelled the St. Lawrence River and established the first permanent French settlement at Quebec in 1608.

• Rene-Robert Cavalier do La Salle

• Jacques Cartier

• Alexander Mackenzie

• Samuel de Champlain

The king of France ordered this explorer to explore the coast of North America. He discovered that land continued from Newfoundland in the north to the Spanish colonies in the south.

• Giovanni da Verrazzano

• Giovani Caboto

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

This colorful French explorer, who lied about his ability to speak Iroquois, travelled down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.

• Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye

• Sir John Franklin

• Rene-Robert Cavalier do La Salle

• John Cabot

This British explorer wanted to trade goods in Asia, but came home with iron pyrite (Fool’s Gold).

• Martin Frobisher

• Henry Hudson

• Samuel de Champlain

• Vikings

Looking for Asia, he ‘discovered’ America in 1492 and claimed it for Spain.

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Jacques Cartier

In 1497, he landed on Newfoundland and claimed it for Britain. He brought back news of seas full of fish.

• Jacques Cartier

• Rene-Robert Cavelier do La Salle

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

This British explorer was the first European to reach Canada’s west coast (Pacific Ocean) by travelling across land. A river to the Arctic Ocean is named after him.

• Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye

• Sir John Franklin

• John Cabot

• Alexander Mackenzie

This British explorer disappeared in the Arctic. Recently the body of one of his crew members was dug up and it was discovered that the crew went crazy due to lead poisoning.

• Sir John Franklin

• Martin Frobisher

• Samuel de Champlain

• Alexander Mackenzie

In 1534, this French explorer claimed parts of Canada for France by erecting a large cross. He kidnapped the chief of Stadacona even though they had helped his crew survive scurvy

• Samuel de Champlain

• Jacques Cartier

• Christopher Columbus

• Vikings