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Interactive Map: "Exploration" of North America, 1492-1700


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Luke Walker's curator insight, September 23, 2013 1:27 AM

Use this site to explore the various routes that Europeans followed when arriving in the "New World."

Remember you aren't really an explorer when you are laying claim to territory; that makes you a conqueror ;-) 

Based on the routes you see where is "New England", "New France", and "New Spain"?

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New France and The Beginnings of the Fur Trade

New France and The Beginnings of the Fur Trade | Human Interest | Scoop.it

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Luke Walker's curator insight, September 23, 2013 1:29 AM

Here's some supplemental reading on the subject of the French "explorers" and their exploits in establishing a colony and fur trade.


Be sure to document what you are reading about in your SPEC charts.