Part 2. Explorers of Canada

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Part 2. Explorers of CanadaA. Early ExplorationB. Contact and Conquest
C. First ExplorersD. Cartier & ChamplainE. The Fur TradersE. Later Explorers

A. Early Exploration

Who Discovered North America?, The Vikings, Why Did the Europeans Start Exploring?, The Cod Fishery

B. Contact and Conquest

New Explorers Go West - Spain, Portugal and England, The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494, First Nations and the First Explorers, Diseases, Animals, Plants

C. Canada's First Explorers

Contact with the First Nations, Exploring and Technology, John Cabot, The Colonization of America

D. Cartier and Champlain

Cartier's 1534 Voyage, Domagaya and Taignoagny, Cartier's 1535 Voyage, Cartier's Accomplishments, Champlain's 1603 Voyage, Champlain's 1604 Voyage, Port Royal, Champlain Founds Quebec, Battle with the Iroquois, The Three Interpreters - Vignau, Brûlé, Nicollet, Champlain's Accomplishments


E. First People and the Fur Traders

How First Nations People Helped the Fur Traders, Henry Kelsey, Samuel Hearne, James Knight & Thanadelthur, Samuel Hearne, The La Vérendrye Family, Henday Visits the Blackfoot in Alberta

F. Canada's Later Explorers

The North West Company, Alexander Mackenzie, Captain Cook Meets the Nootka People, George Vancouver, David Thompson, Simon Fraser Reaches the Pacific, Lord Selkirk and the Red River Colony, John Franklin

Part 2. Explorers of CanadaA. Early ExplorationB. Contact and Conquest
C. First ExplorersD. Cartier & ChamplainE. The Fur TradersE. Later Explorers

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