True History - Explorers of the Northeast: Cartier, Champlain and Cabot

Explorers of the Northeast: Cartier, Champlain and Cabot - 1497 - 1603

   We studied the Spanish explorers yesterday. Today we will look at the explorers of the Northeast. Their names were Cartier, Champlain, and Cabot.
   Cabot was an Italian explorer who was the first European to reach the coast of North America. He was funded by the King of England, Henry VIII. He landed on the coast of Newfoundland in 1497. This was about five years after Columbus made his special voyage, and like Columbus, Cabot thought that he had reached the Indies.
   Thirty-seven years later, a French navigator, Jacques Cartier, went to the place that Cabot landed to study it further. He also investigated the islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the St. Lawrence River.
    Further research into this area was done in 1603 by another French explorer, Samuel de Champlain. He also founded Quebec and discovered Lake Champlain.