European Exploration: French and English

Claimed Parts of Canada for England.

• Cabot

• Balboa

• De Soto

He and his crew never returned home and no one knows what happened to him.

• Hudson

• Cartier

• Cabot

• De Soto

Hoped to find the Northwest Passage to Asia.

• Columbus

• Hudson

• De Soto

• Balboa

Sailed for England AND the Netherlands

• Cabot

• Hudson

• Cartier

• Columbus

Named a river and a bay after himself.

• De Soto

• Cabot

• Cartier

• Hudson

His crew mutinied and he was put on a small boat, never to be heard from again.

• Cabot

• Hudson

• Cartier

• Balboa

Sailed ONLY for England, no one else

• Cabot

• Hudson

• Cartier

• Columbus

Sailed for France

• Hudson

• Cabot

• Cartier

• De Soto

Started the fur trade with Native Americans in Canada

• Cartier

• Hudson

• Cabot

• Balboa

Explored the St. Lawrence River

• Cabot

• Cartier

• Hudson

• Columbus