1492. First voyage of Columbus. 1496. Charter to John and Sebastian Cabot. 1497. John and Sebastian Cabot discover Newfoundland. 1498. The second voyage of the Cabots. 1500. Gaspar Corte Real sailed to Newfoundland. 1501. Gaspar Corte Real wrecked in Chesapeake Bay. 1502. Miguel Corte Real sailed to search for his brother. 1506. Denys of Harfleur reached the Gulf of St Lawrence. 1508. Aubert of Dieppe brought American Indians to France 1523. Verrazano sent out by Francis I. 1524. Verrazano sailed along the coast of North America. 1527. John Rut and Albert de Prado sailed to Newfoundland. 1534. Jacques Cartier of St Malo sailed to the St Lawrence. 1535. Jacques Cartier's second voyage. He reached Stadacona. 1536. Master Hore was wrecked on Newfoundland. 1541-42. Cartier's third voyage, joined by De Roberval. 1553. Voyages of Sir Hugh Willoughby and Richard Chancellor. 1562. Jean Ribault's expedition to Florida. 1564-65. René de Laudonniere sailed to the Carolinas. 1565. The French settlement destroyed by the Spaniard Menendez. 1576. Martin Frobisher's first voyage. 1577. Martin Frobisher's second voyage, and discovery of Meta Incognita. 1577-80. Drake's voyage round the world. 1578. Martin Frobisher's third voyage. Grant of a patent for colonisation to Sir Humphrey Gilbert. 1583. Newfoundland claimed as an English colony. 1584. Sir Walter Raleigh sends out Captains Amidas and Barlow. 1585. Raleigh's first Virginian colony. 1586. The colonists brought back by Drake. 1587. Raleigh's second attempt. 1589. First edition of _Hakluyt's Voyages_ published. 1598. Second and complete edition of _Hakluyt's Voyages_. Marquis de la Roche attempts to found a convict settlement. 1599. Chauvin and Pontgravé attempt a settlement at Tadoussac. 1602. De Chastes obtains the services of Samuel Champlain. Bartholomew Gosnold makes a voyage to the West. 1603. The voyage of the _Discovery_ and the _Speedwell_ to America. De la Roche's settlers rescued from Sable Island. Samuel Champlain sailed up the St Lawrence. De Monts obtained a patent to colonise Acadia. 1604. De Chastes joined to De Monts and established Port Royal. 1605. Samuel Champlain remained the winter in Acadia. 1606. Relief arrived. The expedition included Lescarbot, the historian. The formation of the London and Plymouth Companies. 1607. The foundation of Jamestown, Virginia. Popham and Gilbert's expedition to the Kennebec. 1608. Champlain founded Quebec. 1609. Champlain discovered Lake Champlain. Claude Etienne and Charles de la Tour settled on the Penobscot.