Question

Unable to find gold, Cartier believed he could find the __________, a mythical water route through the Americas that would allow for western trade routes to Asia.

Answer 1

Unable to find gold, Cartier believed he could find the Northwest Passage, a mythical water route through the Americas that would allow for western trade routes to Asia.

What is northwest passage?

• The Northwest Passage (NWP) is a maritime passageway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific seas along the northern coast of North America.
• It is made possible by waterways in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
• The Northeast Passage is the name given to the eastern route that follows the Arctic shores of Norway and Siberia (NEP).
• The Northwest Passages, sometimes known as the Northwestern Passages, are a network of Arctic waterways that divide the numerous islands of the archipelago from Mainland Canada.

Beginning with Christopher Columbus in 1492, European explorers searched for a navigable passage as a potential trade route to Asia for centuries, but they were continually thwarted by North, Central, and South America, by ice, or by choppy waters (e.g. Tierra del Fuego).

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