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| 6123772178 | Zheng He | Chinese 1405-1433 He had 7 total voyages flattery of the emperor expand the maritime commercial influences in China throughout regions bordering the Indian Ocean expansion of China's political sway over the Asia glory and praise of the emperor | 0 | |
| 6123781287 | Giovanni da Verrazzano | He sailed under King Francis I of France. Italian 1508, 1523, 1524, 1527, 1528 Varrazzano explored to Canada, Carolina, Florida, Brazil, and Guadeloupe. While he was in the Americas, he discovered the New York Harbor, which now has a bridge crossing it named after him. Giovanni sailed for glory, he sailed for King Francis I to look for a new trade route to China. | 1 | |
| 6123790015 | Marco Polo | 1271 - 1295 Italian helped integrate Europe into the eastern hemisphere gold/riches, fine items: Marco Polo pursued mercantile interests while in China, and the Polos went there originally because they are merchants. | 2 | |
| 6123795993 | Jacques Cartier | 1534 - 1541 French voyage to the New World, authorized by the French King. He was seeking riches, including gold. | 3 | |
| 6123803004 | Samuel de Champlain | Dates of Exploration: 1601-1632 Commissioned by France Nationality: French Achievements: helped establish the Quebec colony in Canada as well as map parts of North America such as the area that would become Plymouth Rock as well as bits of Canada Probably sailed for Glory | 4 | |
| 6123810193 | Henry Hudson | English Hudson was determined to be the first to discover a more accessible route the Asian and Indian market place. Dutch East India Company, British East India Company, Muscovy Company of England, and Virginia Company He is accredited with discovering the Hudson River, and it is said that he created a the founding base for Dutch colonization on the new land. His biggest accomplishment, arguably, was that he sailed farther north than anyone before him. | 5 | |
| 6123818761 | John Cabot | May, 1497 & May, 1498 The first exploration was funded in order to find a new trade route further north too China. The second exploration was to try and colonize the new world that they found and to trade with those whom they found there. Italian Claimed North America for the British empire. John Cabot was going to get a pension of ￡20 for his service. | 6 | |
| 6123824139 | Leif Eriksson | Norwegian founder of the first European settlement on what is now called Greenland Leif Eriksson traveled in hopes of spreading the word of Christianity By most accounts, around the year 1000, Eriksson sailed from Greenland to Norway where he served in the court of King Olaf I Tryggvason, who converted him from Norse paganism to Christianity. Soon after, Olaf commissioned Eriksson to proselytize across Greenland and spread Christianity to settlers there as well | 7 |
