Polar Explorers for Kids: Historic Expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic with 21 Activities

Polar Explorers for Kids: Historic Expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic with 21 Activities — page 7
Arctic Exploration Time Line 5000 Inuit people formerly called Eskimos establish themselves in the Arctic region A D 860 870 Vikings discover and settle Iceland 981 986 Erik the Red locates and settles Greenland an Inte 1001 Leif Eriksson Erik the Red's son explores Baffin Island Labrador and Newfoundland 1272 Marco Polo explores China 1492 Christopher Columbus explores the West Indies and the New World 1497 John Cabot discovers Newfoundland Europeans begin to contemplate creating a Northwest Passage a route to China through the Arctic 1498 Christopher Columbus explores South Amer 1ca 1500 João Fernande's reaches Greenland Gaspar Corte Real reaches Newfoundland kidnaps 57 Indians and takes them back to