king HenryThe French king, Francis the first
they was searching for a waterway through or around north america, or a northwest passage to asia
Magellan
Henry Hudson
The king sent him to find a northwest passage to China
He was hired by the Muscovy Company, of the Kingdom of England, to find the northerly rout to the Pacific coast of Asia. They were fighting with the Dutch to find the northwest passage.
President Thomas Jefferson funded the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Mariwether Lewis was one of the two explorers sent find the Northwest Passage.
He was sent to find Northwest Passage and rob the Spanish of gold.
He did not intend to find the baffin bay but instead the nortwest passage. When he failed on finding the northwest passage he found the baffin bay.
they wanted to find a direct water route to north america
He was looking for the Northwest passage. He was sent by the french government.