101. New York State Test Prep Social Studies 5 (Grade 4) Encounters With People From Cabot, an Italian ship captain, made two voyages to the new world. samuel deChamplain was a French explorer who became known as the Father of new http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ss5/b/majorexl.cfm

Major Explorers of New York State In 1493, Christopher Columbus returned to Spain from America with tales of his voyage to the islands he had discovered off the coast of what he thought was India. Soon other countries in Europe began sending ships to explore these new lands seeking the riches they might provide. One of their primary goals was also to try to find a quicker trade route to Asia, the land of silks and spices. This search for the Northwest Passage lead to many new discoveries and claims. By the early 16 th century (1500’s) France, Italy, and England had begun their explorations. John Cabot John Cabot, like Columbus, believed that Asia could be reached by sailing westward. Cabot, an Italian ship captain, made two voyages to the new world. In 1497, he sailed for the King of England. He reached the northern coast of North America in what today is part of Canada. He sailed southward, exploring possibly as far as New York. In 1498, Cabot returned to explore more of this new land.

102. Samuel Champlain And Lake Champlain, 1909 Champlain Tercentenary Celebration From 1604 to 1607 he explored the entire coast of new England, new Brunswick samuel champlain was possibly 42 years of age and bad seen something of the http://www.ulster.net/~hrmm/quad/1909champlain/appxhill.html

1909 Champlain Tercentenary Report of the NY Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission to the Legislature of the State of New York, Sept. 19, 1911 HRMM HOME Quadricentennial Table of Contents Printable Version SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN AND THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN TERCENTENARY A description of the life of Samuel Champlain, the discovery of Lake Champlain, and his battle with the Iroquois By Senator Henry Wayland Hill, Secretary New York Champlain Tercentenary Commission An address delivered before the Vermont Historical Society on November 10th, 1908, In the House of Representatives, Montpelier, Vermont. Mr. President, Members of the Vermont Historical Society, Ladies and Gentlemen: The discovery of America awakened deep interest in European nations, and was followed in the sixteenth century by several trans-Atlantic voyages by Spanish, Portuguese, English and Dutch navigators. French colonization was early directed toward Canada, and in 1535 Jacques Cartier took possession of the northeasterly part of North America under the name of New France. One of the first colonies under M. de Roberval, suffered from the cold, damp climate, famine and disease, and was abandoned. Civil and religious discord obtained in the mother country, and not until Henry of Navarre became Henry IV, and a reign of peace ensued after a century of storm, did the French seriously turn their attention to the colonization of Canada.

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