Chapter 2 Section 1

Europeans Set Sail

What do you think this quote means?

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

Write the quote and a response in your Day Book.

Who discovered America?

• Christopher Columbus?– Incorrect– That’s what we learned in kindergarten right?

• The Vikings– That’s correct.

Skilled Viking Sailors

• Who are Vikings anyway?– From Scandinavia • Norway, Sweden, Finland

– All men– Fishermen, pirates, farmers

Skilled Viking Sailors

• Developed a new ship called the Longship– Curved on both ends.

Skilled Viking Sailors

• Founded a settlement on the island of Iceland 874.

• Founded a settlement on Greenland about 100 years after that.

• In about 1000 Leif Erikson was sailing from Norway to Greenland when his ship was blown off course.

• He landed on the coast of what is now Canada

Skilled Viking Sailors

• The Vikings did not stay in the new area long.– Constant attacks from Native Americans– Too far from Scandinavia to support

• It would be 400 years before Europeans came back to North America.

Prince Henry the Navigator

• Portugal became a world leader in exploration during the 1400s. Why?– Prince Henry the Navigator

• Though he was never an actual navigator, he was responsible for establishing a navigation school in Portugal and recruiting the best navigators in Europe to sail for Portugal.