Daniel Boone http: //tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/daniel_boone.h...
Discoverers Web: Burke and Wills A prize of 2000 pounds had been set for the first person to succeed in crossing Australia from south to north. Although this was a large sum at the time, only two men set out to try and receive it. One of them was John McDouall Stuart, already an experienced explorer who had made travels to central Australia. The other wasRobert O'Hara Burke. http: //win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/burke...
Discoverers Web: Henry Kelsey In 1670, the Hudson's Bay Company was chartered, mostly through the work of the French traders Groseilliers and Radisson. Its first inland explorer was Henry Kelsey. http: //win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/kelse...
Discoverers Web: Jolliet and Marquette Jolliet and Marquette led the first French expedition down the Mississippi, in 1673. They reached the mouth of the Arkansas. Their expedition was was one of the first in the chain of events that would finally lead to French possession of Louisiana. http: //win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/jolma...
Discoverers Web: Mahu and Cordes Around 1598 several expeditions were set out from the Netherlands to the east, by various routes. Pieter van den Hagen and Johan van der Veken sent out an expedition, consisting of 5 ships and 494 men that was to reach the east by way of the Straits of Magelhaes. http: //win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/mahuc...
Discoverers Web: Robert Gray In 1787 a trading company from Massachusetts sent out two ships to trade in sea otter pelts along the Northwest Coast. The Columbia was captained by John Kendrick, the Lady Washington by Robert Gray http: //win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/gray....
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