etienne brule was the french explorer who first arrived in canada in 1534.
french explorer who first arrived in canada in 1534?
etienne brule
the early european explorers were responsible for charting much of what would become the east and west coasts of canada as well as the arctic. john cabot, the italian explorer sailing under the english flag made two voyages to north america in 1497 and 1498 along the coast of what is now called newfoundland. gaspar corte-real, the portuguese explorer, is thought to have explored the area along the newfoundland, labrador and greenland coasts in 1500 and 1501. in 1524, giovanni da verrazzano sailing under the french flag, explored the east coast of north america from cape fear to newfoundland. during voyages of exploration in 1534 and 1535–1536, the french explorer jacques cartier "discovered" and mapped the st. lawrence river as far inland as hochelaga (montreal). samuel de champlain is well known for his explorations of the st lawrence and acadia, in 1603 and 1604.
natural scientific research in canada
when the natives first arrived and discovered the big island, they called it lauru. then, in 1568, the spanish explorer álvaro de mendaña de neira rediscovered the island and named it san marcos ('saint mark'). mendana himself never set foot on lauru. he called it san marcos, because he saw the island from santa isabel on the day of saint mark.





























200 years later in 1768, the french explorer louis antoine de bougainville saw the island again and named it choiseul after the minister of foreign affairs and statesman choiseul.
choiseul province