England sponsored James Cook.Cook was hired in 1766 by the Royal Geographic Society who sponsored Cook's first expedition to observe the transit of Venus in 1769. This journey was co-sponsored by the British Admiralty.Cook's other voyages were also planned as scientific explorations and were commissioned and sponsored by George III of England and the Admiralty.
They first sponsored his voyage because they believed it would lead to China and the wealth that would come with it. Then they sponsored his subsequent voyages to gain wealth from the Americas!
Cook was hired in 1766 by the Royal Geographic Society who sponsored Cook's first expedition to observe the transit of Venus in 1769. This journey was co-sponsored by the British Admiralty. Cook's other voyages were also planned as scientific explorations and were commissioned and sponsored by George III of England and the Admiralty.
Cook was hired in 1766 by the Royal Geographic Societywho sponsored Cook's first expedition to observe the transit of Venus in 1769. This journey was co-sponsored by the British Admiralty.Cook's other voyages were also planned as scientific explorations and were commissioned and sponsored by George III of England and the Admiralty.
Cook was hired in 1766 by the Royal Geographic Society who sponsored Cook's first expedition to observe the transit of Venus in 1769. This journey was co-sponsored by the British Admiralty.Cook's other voyages were also planned as scientific explorations and were commissioned and sponsored by George III of England and the Admiralty
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Spain
Queen Isabella of Spain sponsored Columbus' first voyage.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, so Spain sponsored him.
England sponsored James Cook.Cook was hired in 1766 by the Royal Geographic Society who sponsored Cook's first expedition to observe the transit of Venus in 1769. This journey was co-sponsored by the British Admiralty.Cook's other voyages were also planned as scientific explorations and were commissioned and sponsored by George III of England and the Admiralty.
Bartolomeu Dias was sponsored by Portugal. He was a Portuguese explorer who led the first European expedition to round the southern tip of Africa in 1488.
Spain was the first country to import enslaved Africans to the Americas :)
Spain was the first country to import enslaved Africans to the Americas :)
Key figures involved in the Roanoke colony include Sir Walter Raleigh, who sponsored the expedition, John White, who was the governor, and Eleanor Dare, who was the daughter of John White and mother of the first English child born in the Americas, Virginia Dare.
They first sponsored his voyage because they believed it would lead to China and the wealth that would come with it. Then they sponsored his subsequent voyages to gain wealth from the Americas!
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King Francis of France funded Jacques Cartier's first expedition. He set sail in 1534, looking for a western passage to Asia. He located the St. Lawrence and opened up North America to European exploration. He was the first to document the name â??Canadaâ??.