Famous Explorers

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Famous Explorers
Christopher Columbus John Cabot Juan Ponce de
Leon Jacques Cartier Christopher Newport Samuel
de Champlain
Time Sponsors Motivation Obstacles Successes
By Mrs. Neys Grade 3 Class
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Discovery Timeline
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Christopher Columbus
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Christopher Columbus
Time
Christopher Columbus discovered America on
October 12, 1492. Christopher had three ships
the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. A
sailor on the Pinta found the land first. He
wanted to go to India, but he landed on an island
off America.
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Christopher Columbus
Sponsors
The sponsors were King Ferdinand and Queen
Isabella of Spain. They gave him three ships.
They also gave him the sailors for the trip.
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Christopher Columbus
Motivation
Christopher Columbus wanted to go to India to get
gold, silk, and spices. He didnt reach India.
He found a new world, not gold, spices, and silk.
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Christopher Columbus
Obstacles
He had to travel over land. Several of his men
were killed. He had to travel over high seas.
There were bad winds at sea.
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Christopher Columbus
Successes
He discovered a new world. He found corn,
tomatoes, squash, tobacco, and potatoes. This is
important, because he brought back these crops to
the Old World.
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John Cabot
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John Cabot
Time
John Cabot was born in Genoa, Italy, 1450. He
sailed the ship, the Matthew, northwest in
1496. There was bad weather, so he turned back.
When John Cabot came back to England August,
1497, John Cabot was called the Great Admiral.
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John Cabot
Sponsors
John Cabot asked King John II of Portugal.
Then he asked King Ferdinand of Spain for the
money to sail. Then John Cabot asked King Henry
VII of England to let him sail. Finally, King
Henry VII of England let him sail.
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John Cabot
Motivation
John Cabot wanted spices from India. The spices
John Cabot wanted were ginger, pepper, cloves,
and cinnamon. He also wanted to find jewels. He
didnt find any of those things in the New World.

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John Cabot
Obstacles
When John Cabot was sailing the Matthew, he ran
into very bad storms, icy seas, and bad wind.
John Cabot had eighteen sailors aboard.
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John Cabot
Successes
John Cabot found a fishing place called the Grand
Banks. John Cabot also found Newfoundland for
England. When John Cabot came back from
England, he was called the Great Admiral.
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Juan Ponce de Leon
Time
In 1508, Ponce de Leon heard that there was gold
on an island on the east coast of North America.
He set sail on March 3, 1513. He found the land
on April 2, 1513.
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Juan Ponce de Leon
Sponsors
King Ferdinand of Spain let him sail with three
ships.
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Juan Ponce de Leon
Motivation
He searched for gold, jewels, and the fountain
of youth. He never found what he was looking for
in America.
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Juan Ponce de Leon
Obstacles
There were bad storms. They were attacked by
hostile Indians called the Seminoles.
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Juan Ponce de Leon
Successes
He found Florida on April 2, 1513. When they
first saw it, he thought it was a large island.
It was really a peninsula. In Florida, he built
a settlement at St. Augustines.
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Jacques Cartier
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Jacques Cartier
Time
Cartier made his expedition to find a Northwest
Passage way through North America in 1534. He
was born in St. Malo, France around 1491.
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Jacques Cartier
Sponsors
Jacques Cartier was sponsored by King Francis I
of France.
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Jacques Cartier
Motivation
Cartier was looking for jewels such as metal, and
gold. He was also looking for the Northwest
Passage, a waterway to the Indies.
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Jacques Cartier
Obstacles
Cartier was bothered with icy waters, Indian
attacks, and bad weather.
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Jacques Cartier
Successes
His successes were following the St. Lawrence
River and building a fort at Mount Real - today
known as Montreal. He passed Newfoundland and
saw the Grand Banks that were discovered earlier
by John Cabot.
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Christopher Newport
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Christopher Newport
Time
In 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia Captain Newport
found land. He was born in London, England. He
sailed under the English flag.
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Christopher Newport
Sponsors
King James I of England let him sail. He gave
Newport the ship called the Golden Dragon and
three other ships.
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Christopher Newport
Motivation
King James I wanted Christopher Newport wanted to
take settlers to the New World where they could
build a settlement.
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Christopher Newport
Obstacles
There were bad storms. There were also horrible
diseases. Captain Newport traveled four times
to Jamestown before an English settlement was
finally established there.
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Christopher Newport
Successes
Newport brought people to the first permanent
English settlement in America - Jamestown,
Virginia. He found Jamestown, the James River,
and a locked box.
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Samuel de Champlain
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Samuel de Champlain
Time
In 1607, Champlain set sail for France, and
found land in 1608.
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Samuel de Champlain
Sponsors
His sponsor was King Henry IV, the King of France.
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Samuel de Champlain
Motivation
He wanted to find gold and the Northwest
Passageway that other explorers had searched for
in North America.
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Samuel de Champlain
Obstacles
His obstacles were Iroquois Indians and bad seas.
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Samuel de Champlain
Successes
He found a lake that no European saw before and
named it Lake Champlain after himself.