Six Explorers

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Six Explorers

• SS4H2 Describe European exploration in North
  America.
• a. Describe the reasons for, obstacles to, and
  accomplishments of the Spanish, French, and
  English explorations of John Cabot, Vasco Nunez
  Balboa, Juan Ponce de Leon, Christopher Columbus,
  Henry Hudson, and Jacques Cartier.

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Christopher Columbus

• Sailed for Spain (King Ferdinand and Queen
  Isabella
• Sailed west to reach Asia and the Indies
• Landed on the Bahamas
• Made 4 trips
• Never knew he was on a new continent

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John Cabot

• Sailed for England
• Was looking for a North West Passage to the East
  Indies
• Landed on coast of Newfoundland
• Claimed North America for England

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Juan Ponce de Leon

• 1st to land on the mainland of North America
• Looking for fountain of youth
• Established St. Augustine, Florida

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Henry Hudson

• Sailed for Holland
• Explored New York and Canada
• Hudson Bay is named for him
• His crew mutinied forced him off his ship

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Jacques Cartier

• Sailed for France
• Claimed Canada for France
• 1st European to describe and map the Gulf of
  Saint Lawrence and the Saint Lawrence River

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Spanish Explorer
• 1st European to cross the Isthmus of Panama to
  the Pacific Ocean in 1513
• Claimed Pacific Ocean and adjoining lands for
  Spain

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Columbian Exchange

• From America
• Corn

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Potatoes
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Beans
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Chocolate

• Chocolate comes from the seed of the cacao tree.

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Buffalo
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Beaver
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Parrots
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From Europe -

• Oranges

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Onions
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Sheep
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Horses
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Cattle
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Honeybees
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Pigs
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Chickens
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Diseases

• Small Pox

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Influenza
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Measles