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Maps, page 1

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Roald Amundsen's voyages

Map showing the route of Amundsen's second voyage, June 16, 1903 - October 1906, on which he travelled to the Arctic and then down the west coast to San Francisc Map showing the route of Amundsen's first voyage, to Antarctica, 1897 - 1899
Amundsen's Gjöa was the first ship to travel through the Northwest Passage
Copyright/Source		 On his first voyage, aboard the Belgica, Amundsen helped the ship's crew survive thirteen months stuck in the Antarctic
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John Cabot's voyages

Map showing Cabot's first voyage, through the Strait of Belle Isle and all the way around Newfoundland, May 2 to August 6, 1497
On his first voyage, Cabot reached the east coast of North America, probably landing on Newfoundland or Cape Breton
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Jacques Cartier's voyages

Map of Cartier's first voyage, April 20 to September 5, 1534, showing his route through the Strait of Belle Isle, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, along the Gaspé Peninsula and P.E.I., and back along the coast of Newfoundland Map of Cartier's third voyage, May 23, 1541 to September 1542, showing his route to Stadacona and then back to France
Cartier explored what are now known as Newfoundland, the Magdalen Islands, Prince Edward Island and the Gaspé Peninsula on his first voyage in 1534
Copyright/Source		 Cartier returned to Stadacona in 1541, with the hopes of starting a new colony
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Samuel de Champlain's voyages

Map showing the route of Champlain's first voyage, in 1603, where he travelled to Newfoundland, Cape Breton and along the St. Lawrence to Montréal, then travelled around the Gaspé Peninsula and Cape Breton on his return to France Map showing the route of Champlain's second voyage, 1604-1607, along the eastern coastline from Cape Breton to Cape Cod
Champlain explored the area called New France on his first voyage
Copyright/Source		 On his second voyage, Champlain mapped the eastern coastline from Cape Breton to Cape Cod
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James Cook's voyages

Map showing the route of Cook's first voyage, September 13, 1768 to July 13, 1771, on which he travelled to the South Pacific and also mapped the coast of New Zealand Map showing the route of Cook's second voyage, July 13, 1772 - July 29, 1775, on which he tried to found out if there was land at the South Pole Map showing the route of Cook's third voyage, from Great Britain to the Pacific coast of North America and then north into the Arctic Ocean, July 12, 1776 - October 1780
Cook's first voyage was to the South Pacific Ocean
Copyright/Source		 During his second voyage, Cook tried to find out if there was land at the South Pole
Copyright/Source		 During his third voyage to try and find the Northwest Passage, Cook became the first European to land on Vancouver Island
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John Davis's voyages

Map showing the route of Davis' second voyage to the west coast of Greenland, then Exeter and Cumberland Sounds on Baffin Island, May 7 to October 14, 158 Map showing the route of Davis' first voyage, June 7, 1585 - September 30, 1585
Davis returned from his second voyage certain that he knew the location of the Northwest Passage
Copyright/Source		 On Davis's first voyage, he sailed 290 kilometers into Cumberland Sound before turning back to England, certain that he had found a route to Asia
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First Nations and Inuit's voyages

Map showing the land bridge that joined North America and Asia
The ancestors of Canada's First Nations and Inuit crossed a land bridge from Asia to come to North America
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John Franklin's voyages

Map showing the route of Franklin's expedition from Fort Resolution to the Arctic coast in 1825 Map showing the route of Franklin's final voyage, May 18, 1845 to 1848, through Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound, then south towards King William Island where bodies and relics of the crew were found
Franklin mapped over 800 kilometers of unknown territory during his Arctic expedition
Copyright/Source		 Franklin and his crew died during their search for the Northwest Passage, probably because their ships got frozen into the ice
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Simon Fraser's voyages

Map showing the route of Fraser's voyage from Fort Chipewyan to the Pacific Ocean, 1805-1808, along what is now known as the Fraser River
Fraser found a route to the Pacific Ocean along what is now known as the Fraser River, but the route was too difficult to be used for the fur trade
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