Famous Explorers Christopher Columbus John Cabot Juan Ponce de Leon Jacques Cartier Christopher Newport Samuel de Champlain Time Sponsors Motivation Obstacles Successes By Mrs. Ney’s Grade 3 Class

Discovery Timeline 1492: Christopher Columbus 1497: John Cabot 1513: 1450 1500 1525 1600 1625 1492: Christopher Columbus 1497: John Cabot 1513: Juan Ponce de Leon 1534: Jacques Cartier 1607: Christopher Newport 1608: Samuel de Champlain

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus Time Christopher Columbus discovered America on October 12, 1492. Christopher had three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. A sailor on the Pinta found the land first. He wanted to go to India, but he landed on an island off America.

Christopher Columbus Sponsors The sponsors were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. They gave him three ships. They also gave him the sailors for the trip.

Christopher Columbus Motivation Christopher Columbus wanted to go to India to get gold, silk, and spices. He didn’t reach India. He found a new world, not gold, spices, and silk.

Christopher Columbus Obstacles He had to travel over land. Several of his men were killed. He had to travel over high seas. There were bad winds at sea.

Christopher Columbus Successes He discovered a new world. He found corn, tomatoes, squash, tobacco, and potatoes. This is important, because he brought back these crops to the Old World.

John Cabot

Time John Cabot was born in Genoa, Italy, 1450. He sailed the ship, the Matthew, northwest in 1496. There was bad weather, so he turned back. When John Cabot came back to England August, 1497, John Cabot was called the Great Admiral.

Sponsors John Cabot asked King John II of Portugal. Then he asked King Ferdinand of Spain for the money to sail. Then John Cabot asked King Henry VII of England to let him sail. Finally, King Henry VII of England let him sail.

Motivation John Cabot wanted spices from India. The spices John Cabot wanted were ginger, pepper, cloves, and cinnamon. He also wanted to find jewels. He didn’t find any of those things in the New World.

John Cabot Obstacles When John Cabot was sailing the Matthew, he ran into very bad storms, icy seas, and bad wind. John Cabot had eighteen sailors aboard.

Successes John Cabot found a fishing place called the Grand Banks. John Cabot also found Newfoundland for England. When John Cabot came back from England, he was called the Great Admiral.

Juan Ponce de Leon

Juan Ponce de Leon Time In 1508, Ponce de Leon heard that there was gold on an island on the east coast of North America. He set sail on March 3, 1513. He found the land on April 2, 1513.

Sponsors King Ferdinand of Spain let him sail with three ships. Juan Ponce de Leon Sponsors King Ferdinand of Spain let him sail with three ships.

Juan Ponce de Leon Motivation He searched for gold, jewels, and the fountain of youth. He never found what he was looking for in America.

Juan Ponce de Leon Obstacles There were bad storms. They were attacked by hostile Indians called the Seminoles.

Juan Ponce de Leon Successes He found Florida on April 2, 1513. When they first saw it, he thought it was a large island. It was really a peninsula. In Florida, he built a settlement at St. Augustines.

Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier Time Cartier made his expedition to find a Northwest Passage way through North America in 1534. He was born in St. Malo, France around 1491.

Sponsors Jacques Cartier was sponsored by King Francis I of France.

Jacques Cartier Motivation Cartier was looking for jewels such as metal, and gold. He was also looking for the Northwest Passage, a waterway to the Indies.

Obstacles Cartier was bothered with icy waters, Jacques Cartier Obstacles Cartier was bothered with icy waters, Indian attacks, and bad weather.

Jacques Cartier Successes His successes were following the St. Lawrence River and building a fort at Mount Real - today known as Montreal. He passed Newfoundland and saw the Grand Banks that were discovered earlier by John Cabot.

Christopher Newport

Christopher Newport Time In 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia Captain Newport found land. He was born in London, England. He sailed under the English flag.

Christopher Newport Sponsors King James I of England let him sail. He gave Newport the ship called the Golden Dragon and three other ships.

Motivation King James I wanted Christopher Newport wanted to take settlers to the New World where they could build a settlement.

Obstacles There were bad storms. There were also horrible diseases. Christopher Newport Obstacles There were bad storms. There were also horrible diseases. Captain Newport traveled four times to Jamestown before an English settlement was finally established there.

Christopher Newport Successes Newport brought people to the first permanent English settlement in America - Jamestown, Virginia. He found Jamestown, the James River, and a locked box.

Samuel de Champlain

Time In 1607, Champlain set sail for France, and found land in 1608. Samuel de Champlain Time In 1607, Champlain set sail for France, and found land in 1608.

Sponsors His sponsor was King Henry IV, the King of France. Samuel de Champlain Sponsors His sponsor was King Henry IV, the King of France.

Samuel de Champlain Motivation He wanted to find gold and the Northwest Passageway that other explorers had searched for in North America.

Obstacles His obstacles were Iroquois Indians and bad seas. Samuel de Champlain Obstacles His obstacles were Iroquois Indians and bad seas.

Samuel de Champlain Successes He found a lake that no European saw before and named it Lake Champlain after himself.