Early Explorers and Map Skills

SOL 3.3 and 3.5

ANTARCTICA

ASIAEUROPE

NORTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

AFRICA

AUSTRALIA

ANTARCTICA

Atlan

tic

Oce

an

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Arctic Ocean

North America

We live on the continent of North America. Can you name the countries

on our continent?

United States

Canada

Mexico At

lant

ic O

cean

Pacifi

c Oce

an

England

Spain

France

Italy

Spain

France

England

Italy

A person who travels looking

for new discoveries

Who founded land in Canada

while searching for trade

routes in the west?

Before becoming an explorer himself,

Jacques Cartier was a great navigator for

other famous explorers.

King Francis of France paid for Cartier’s first solo voyage in 1534. He left the country and sailed west across the Arctic Ocean to colonize the new world.

FRANCE

ST. LAWRENCE

RIVER

FRANCE

ST. LAWRENCE

RIVER

FRANCE

ST. LAWRENCE

RIVER

FRANCE

ST. LAWRENCE

RIVER

He finally reached and claimed land in North America for France while exploring the St. Lawrence River Valley (near Quebec,

Canada).

Click on the links below to learn more about your explorer!

• Cartier Poster

• Explorers

• World Explorers

• Kidinfo Explorers