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Pedro Álvares Cabral
Why they started exploring
•Who they sailed for
•Where they explored
•What they found/accomplished
•Consequences of their voyages
•Were there voyages considered successful? Why or why not?
•Interesting stories
•Be sure to include numerous pictures/maps/visuals
Wednesday- presented
Giovanni Caboto
- Sailed for Italy
- Voyage in 1497
- Sailed to "Asia" which is actually Canada
- Started map making
- Wanted to sail Westward to reach Asia but they hit North America
- Sponsored by King Henry VII
- 1 st voyage
- 18 men
- May 1497
- Landed in June Newfoundland or Cape Breton Island
- Claimed land for King with English and Venetian flags
- Believed he reach Asia's coast
- 2nd Voyage
- Wanted to hit Japan
- Left in May
- 5 ships
- 200 men
- Never returned from this voyage no one knows what happened to him
- His ship was shipwrecked and the other four ships made it to Japan
John Smith
- Founder of Jamestown
- Chesapeake Bay
- First person to map it
- Died from a gunpowder explosion
- some believe someone tried to murder him and others think it was an accident
- Buried in London
- Has a memorial after him
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