No one. He supplied his own ship and supplies.
Jacques Cartier was sponsored by France.
Isabella
Eric the Red's voyages were undertaken as he continuously found himself exiled or banned from the places he lived for killing neighbours and people he disagreed with. With each successive exile he moved further west until he discovered Greenland.
The Spanish did.
Queen Isabella
norway
No one. He sailed for himself.
Jacques Cartier was sponsored by France.
Spain
Eric the reds son is leaf Ericson
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, so Spain sponsored him.
spain
Spain
Amerigo Vespucci sailed for Portugal, his homeland, so Portugal sponsored his voyage.
Samuel de Champlain\'s most important voyage is often considered his voyage to start a new French colony on St. Lawrence. This voyage was sponsored by Pierre Dugua de Mons.
Same voyage as Christopher Columbus... so Spain
Spain