who explored the ohio valley?
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The Ohio was first seen in 1669 by a European, French explorer Sieur de La Salle (1643–1687). In the first half of the 1700s, traders traveled the Ohio River, finding the surrounding valley a plentiful hunting ground.
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Ohio got its name from the Iroquois word, “O-Y-O,” meaning “great river.” The Iroquois Indians had begun to settle between the Ohio River and Great Lakes by 1650, although it is estimated that only a few hundred lived in present-day Ohio during any one period.
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Ohio has been referred to as the "Mother of Presidents." Seven U.S. presidents were born in Ohio: Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft and Warren G. Harding.
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John Cabot, a Venetian navigator living in England, became the first European to explore the Northwest Passage in 1497. He sailed from Bristol, England, in May with a small crew of 18 men and made landfall somewhere in the Canadian Maritime islands the following month.
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Amazon Exploration: Human habitation of the Amazon appears to date back thousands of years. However, major academic and scientific exploration efforts only began about 500 years ago, and much of the rainforest has still not been comprehensively mapped.
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These discoveries have indicated the nature of the culture that the Israelites found when they infiltrated into Canaan and that they largely adopted. Jericho is famous in biblical history as the first town attacked by the Israelites under Joshua after they crossed the Jordan River (Joshua 6).
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(T/F) The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration was Spain. FALSE, it was Portugal. (T/F) Explorer Amerigo Vespucci concluded that the land discovered by Columbus was not part of Asia, but a new land. TRUE.
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The expedition team of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado is credited with discovery of the Grand Canyon and several other famous landmarks in the American Southwest while searching for the legendary Seven Golden Cities of Cíbola—which they never found.
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['1602. Bartholomew Gosnold explores coast.', '1604. Samuel de Champlain explores and maps coast.', '1606. James I grants charter to Plymouth Company to colonize Northern Virginia.', '1614. Capt. ... ', '1620. Plymouth Company reorganized as Council for New England. ... ', '1621. Pilgrims celebrate the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth.', '1628. ... ', '1629.']
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['1541 - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado first explored the region for Spain.', '1719 -', '1800 - Before settlers enter the region, several tribes of Native Americans live in or range over the land. ... ', '1803 - The US acquired most of Oklahoma in 1803 in the Louisiana Purchase from France.']
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The Delaware Valley is a region in eastern Pennsylvania and the surrounding states of Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey that contains the Philadelphia metro area. The region is named after the Delaware River, which flows through the area.
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1804-1806 - Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were commissioned by Jefferson to map and explore the Louisiana Purchase region. Beginning at St. Louis, Missouri, the expedition travelled up the Missouri River to the Great Divide, and then down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean.
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The Luray Caverns of Virginia were evidently first discovered in 1878 by local residents who could feel cool air rising from a sinkhole. These caverns began to take shape some 400 million years ago in what it now the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
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['1608 – Captain John Smith explores the Chesapeake Bay.', '1631 – English trading post established on Kent Island.', '1632 – Maryland Charter granted to Cecilius Calvert by King Charles I.', '1633 – Ark and Dove sail from the Isle of Wight, England.', '1634 – Ark and Dove arrive at St.']
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The Anasazi Indians were real pioneers and created roads and irrigation systems for watering their crops. They were also great architects and the cliff dwellings are one of their biggest achievements. Not only that but they were diligent and persevering.
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition began in 1804, when President Thomas Jefferson tasked Meriwether Lewis with exploring lands west of the Mississippi River that comprised the Louisiana Purchase. Lewis chose William Clark as his co-leader for the mission.
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Throughout the 1400s, the Portuguese led the way in maritime exploration. The son of King John I of Portugal, Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), became famous for his efforts to promote sea exploration through financing.