2. Storms at sea

3. Poisonous plants and animals

4. Ships crashing into rocks and reefs

5. Pirates

6. Being attacked by locals

7. Scurvy

8. Starvation

9. Falling off the edge of the Earth

10. Sailors being attacked by sea monsters

11. When nations explored they also expanded their empires! Let’s look at Spain

12. England As news spread about Columbus’s journey, England decided to go north to get to Asia.

13. John Cabot

14. Unfortunately his own country of Italy wasn’t interested in his ideas for exploration, so he moved his family to England where he began exploring.

15. His first journey was not successful, bad weather and disagreements among his crew members forced him to return back home.

16. He set sail again and sailed to Newfoundland (Canada) in 1496, and made a map of the area. He thought that he found China, but he did not. King Henry was so happy with what he learned about the land and his stories of having sea life so rich you could scoop up buckets of fish, in 1498, he left with 5 ships for another adventure.

17. He was never heard from again.

18. France was also itching to find a new trade route to Asia. About 30 years after England, France sent Jacques Cartier to find a northwestern route to Asia.

19. He made several trips to Canada, up and down the Saint Lawrence River, but soon religious turmoil in his country kept him from exploring.

20. Samuel de Champlain In the early 1600’s, France sent Samuel de Champlain all around the Americas where he ended up setting up a trading post in Quebec.