The History of Canada

Today we follow the Portuguese response to the voyages of John Cabot, with the journeys of the Corte-Real brothers and an attempt at Canadian colonization led by João Álvares Fagundes. Along the way, we will see first hand accounts of the encounters with native inhabitants.The post Chapter 9 – The Portuguese Response – Canadian Explorers appeared first on The History of Canada Podcast.

Today we examine the repercussions of the Age of Discovery on diplomacy in the new world, and see the first attempts to split newly discovered land via papal bulls and royal treaties including the Treaty of Tordesillas. We also see the first challenge to that treaty in the person of John Cabot.The post Chapter 8 – Treaty of Tordesillas – Canadian Explorers appeared first on The History of Canada Podcast.

This chapter follows Europe in the Early Renaissance, and how the flourishing of new ideas and ideologies, along with economic and religious motives, paved the way for the Age of Discovery, and how some hardy explorers – under the aegis of Portugal and Spain, traveled first round the coast of Africa, and then, in theThe post Chapter 7 – Age of Discovery – Canadian Explorers appeared first on The History of Canada Podcast.

This episode follows the Norse adventurers in their short-lived Vinland colony and explores the longer lived trading relationship the Norse established with the rather diverse group of people they called Skraelings. We will meet some interesting characters along the way! Like Freydis Eriksdaughter, Thorvald Eriksson, and Thorfinn Karlsefni.The post Chapter 6 – Skraelings in Vinland – Early Canadian Colonization appeared first on The History of Canada.