| Baltimore in Maryland, USA is named after a place in Bornacoola parish (Baile and Tigh Mor- the town of the big house.) The main tribes living in the area were the Algonquin tribes, specifically the Accohannock, Nanticoke, Piscatawy, Shawnee, Susquehannock, and Yaocomaco. In 1744, the colony bought from Native Americans the last of what would become the colony of Maryland. The first humans arrived by this date in the land that would become Maryland during 10,000 BCE. |  |
| In 1498, John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) sailed along Eastern Shore off present-day Worcester County. John Cabot was born in Genoa in 1450 and moved to England in 1484. During the Age of Exploration, like Columbus and Magellan, Cabot thought there was a better route to the riches of the Orient by heading west instead of east. After being turned down by the monarchs of Spain and Portugal, Cabot was granted a charter to explore by Henry VII of England. He was given one small ship less than 70 feet long called the Matthew and a crew of 18 men. The expedition set sail from Bristol, England, on [May 2, 1497]. |  |
Even though the distance was longer from the Middle Ages of St. Brendan was shorter than Columbus', it took longer because the winds were not as favorable up in the north. It was the first documented landing in Newfoundland since the Viking voyages centuries before. Cabot was convinced he'd found an island off the coast of Asia and he named the island "new found land." He returned to England on August 6, 1497. Although he brought no spices or treasure back with him, he was able to map out the first details of the North American coast. The first English explorers arrived in 1608, one yeare after the founding of the Jamestown Colony.
In 1608, Captain John Smith explores the Chesapeake Bay. By 1631, English trading post established on Kent Island. Two years later, Ark and Dove sail from the Isle of Wight, England. In 1629, George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore, sails from Newfoundland to Virginia.