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c. 1000
Leif Ericsson claims to have made landfall at three places in north America, one of which he names Vinland - the land of wine
c. 1010
Thorfinn Karlsefni leads an expedition to north America, traces of which may survive in a longhouse at L'Anse aux Meadows
1497
Henry VII commissions the Italian navigator John Cabot to cross the Atlantic in search of new territories for England
Cabot's authorization to explore
National Archives, Kew
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1497
John Cabot, searching for a trade route to China, probably reaches Newfoundland
1534
French explorer Jacques Cartier charts the Gulf of St Lawrence and, in 1525, explores up the river as far as Montreal
1535
Cartier, welcomed by the Huron Indians, gives their island in the St Lawrence river the name of Montreal
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