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Early Explorers to Canada
The 3 C’sCabot, Cartier, Champlain
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What is an explorer?
• What is your definition?
• A person who seeks new knowledge and the opportunities that it will bring
• Motivations– New knowledge of what the world and universe
are like and how things work– Commercial interests; new opportunities to
produce, buy, sell, and make profit– National or political; knowledge that will provide
power
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The 3 C’s of Canada Exploration
• After the Vikings the next explorers to make contact in North America were
• John Cabot• Jacques Cartier• Samuel de Champlain
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These explorers were motivated by
• Curiosity• Religious fervor and the desire to convert the
infidels• Economic gain• Fame• The quest for accomplishment
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DANGERS!
• Real and imagined• Little was known outside of the immediate area around
Europe• Fear of the unknown fed by mythology – monsters,
giant whirlpools, “the edge of the world”• Poor navigational techniques• Inability to store food and little understanding of
nutrition• Ships weren’t strong enough to weather bad storms
• Which motivator do you think was strong enough for them to overcome their fears?
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Leading up to Exploration
• Late 15th and early 16th century, there were great advances in global knowledge and improvement to technology that could allow for lengthy voyages.
• Ultimately, these advances led to the circumnavigation of the globe
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John Cabot
http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10122
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Giovanni Caboto (aka John Cabot)
• Born in Genoa, Italy in 1449/1450. • Died off the coast of
Newfoundland circa 1498/1499• He and his 3 sons were given
permission (Letters Patent) by King Henry VII of England, to explore, conquer, and take over new lands.
• Cabot wanted, expected, to find China or Japan by sailing westward across the Atlantic Ocean
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The First Voyage• Cabot sailed from Bristol,
England in May 1497 with 18 men upon the Matthew
• In June of that year he landed somewhere on the North American Coast; most likely Labrador, Newfoundland, or Cape Breton Island
• Cabot claimed the land for England and returned back.
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The Second trip:Sequels are always a bigger production
• 1498 Henry VII gave Cabot permission to return, this time with 5 ships and 300 men.
• He landed in Greenland, then sailed southward, going probably as far as Chesapeake Bay (current day Maryland)
• Unable to find the rich lands he was looking for (fish only makes a king happy for so long), he turned back to England
• However, he never arrived in England. Likely, he was shipwrecked off of the coast of Newfoundland.
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Cabot’s Contribution
• The news of Cabot’s discovery of a new continent reached Europe, even though he didn’t
• For this reason, it is said that he made the “intellectual discovery of America”
• Cabot’s voyages provided the basis for England’s claim to North America and led to the opening of the rich northwest Atlantic fishery.