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Quest of a Hemispher
Chapter 4
Question | Answer |
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Giovani da Verrazano | Sailing west he reached the east coast of North America; probably the 1st European to sail the coast of North America and write a description of the land & people |
Jacques Cartier | Discovered Chaleur Bay & the St. Lawrence River; began the fur trading business of France |
Samuel de Champlain | Founded Quebec which began largest fur market in the New World; explored eastern Canada & established Christian missions |
Joliet & Pere’ Marquette | A trader & a priest traveled the Wisconsin River,and Mississippi River finding the Illinois Indians ; A journal was kept and a map was drawn of the trip |
La Salle | Traveled the Mississippi all the way to the sea (Gulf of Mexico); claimed the land along the Mississippi for France |
“Great Water” | Mississippi River |
Coureurs de bois | Fur traders without licenses; “ runners of the woods” |
Calumet | Indian peace pipe which kept Indians from attacking European travelers |