History 2201E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stadacona, Grand Banks Of Newfoundland, Anticosti Island
20 Jun 2012
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No permanent settlement until 1603, centuries of contact before. European goods arrived into interior native communities before europeans arrived - protohistoric. Smallpox and other european diseases spread rampantly. Conflicting stories of what north america was like. Vikings: 1000 ce: l"anse aux meadows the most permanent settlement. Crusades: holy wars against the spread of islam from the middle east, main objective was to recapture jerusalem, many european nations involved: england, france, spain, portugal, Tried to get there by going west, rediscovered north america. European contact: spanish met the aztecs and incas, found lots of gold (what they were looking for, french and english kept more north, didn"t find gold or other precious metals, still wanted to find the northwest passage. Circles newfoundland, gets to anticosti island, lands back in. Only found the grand banks of newfoundland and cod fish. Enough fish that his boat got stuck. Henry vii pleased, sponsored a second trip, never heard from again: portuguese.
