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periods of the first settlements in America ; of the Dutch, 

 English, and French in these States and North America. 



1494. Henry VII. granted a commission to John Cabot, 

 a Venetian, and his son, to navigate all parts of 

 the ocean. 

 John Cabot discovered Newfoundland. 



1497. John Cabot died. His son made Labrador. 



1498. Florida was discovered. 



1502. Young Cabot entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 

 1518. Martin Frobisher sailed to discover a N. W. 

 passage, and reached Labrador. 



1534. Jacques Cartier, from France, made the Gulf of 



St. Lawrence. 



1535. Jacques Cartier sailed up the river St. Lawrence, 



and wintered in Canada. 



From Cabot s time to 1579, England neglected her 

 discoveries, except that a. few fishermen remained 

 on the coast of Newfoundland. 



1579. Sir Humphrey Gilbert made a voyage, but re 



turned, himself and his people. 



1580. He made a second attempt, and he and all his 



people perished. 

 1585. First English settlement under Sir Richard Gren- 



ville was made at Roanoke, many of whom 



perished, and the remainder returned to England. 



To find gold was their object. 

 1587. Sir R. Grenville set out a second time, and settled 



fifty men in the deserted settlement. 

 Sir Walter Raleigh sent out Governor White, who, 



on his arrival in Virginia, found Grenville s 



colony destroyed, either by famine or by savages. 



Gov. White left 175 men. 



