In contemporary academia, disasters are seen as the consequence of inappropriately managed risk. These risks are the product of a combination of both hazards and vulnerability. Hazards that strike in areas with low vulnerability will never become disasters, as is the case in uninhabited regions.
Samuel de Champlain (French: [samÉ¥Él dÉ ÊÉÌplÉÌ] born Samuel Champlain; on or before August 13, 1574 â December 25, 1635), The Father of New France, was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler.
He discovered and claimed North America in the name of King Henry VII of England. He was the first modern European to land on the mainland of North America. Date Event 1450 John Cabot is born. John Cabot is born in Italy around 1450 and is thought to be the son of a Genoese spice merchant. Known by several different names in Europe, he refers to himself as Zuan Chabotto. 1471 Cabot moves to Venice. Cabot is accepted into the prestigious confraternity of St John the Evangelist.