HIST 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Little Ice Age, Cape Horn, John Cabot
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First contacts lasted 400-900 years, even in 1915 the northwest mounted police met inuit communities who had not been known to the canadian government at all. The first reliable interactions were in the arctic circles, between the dorset and beothuk, both of which have since disappeared and the norse. L"anse aux meadows (newfoundland) is the oldest confirmed european settlement in. Leif erikson, erik the red"s son, establishes vinland, the location of which is speculated. The norse unable to stand their ground against the indigenous peoples and survive the cold temperatures (small ice age taking place) Some small fishing expeditions may have reached america. By 1400 maps of the world were still very limited, few were very expansive. Ming dynasty was the most successful trade empire, w a massive fleet that frequently reached north africa, in the 1400s. 1488 portuguese voyagers succeeded in rounding cape horn and reach the indian ocean w advancements in technology compass, astrolabe, boats.