A biography of Jacques Cartier, famous French explorer of North America ... From Gaspe Bay Cartier sailed northeast, and doubling the east end of great Anticosti Island, he went up that branch of the St. Lawrence some distance, without suspecting that he was in the mouth on a great river whose chief sources were immense...
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Jacques Cartier first sailed towards the St. Lawrence River in 1534. Learn more about this early French explorer. ... IN 1534 Francis I. of France fitted out an expedition, the conduct of which he intrusted to Jacques Cartier, a fearless and skilful mariner, who had previously been engaged for several years in the...
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About Jacques Cartier: ... Accomplishments of Jacques Cartier: ... Jacques Cartier was the first explorer to map the St. Lawrence River.
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Jacques Cartier (December 31, 1491 – September 1, 1557) was a French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and t...
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The discoverer of Canada, b. at Saint-Malo, Brittany, in 1491; d. 1 September, 1557 ... During a third voyage to Canada, undertaken in the year 1541, with five ships, Jacques Cartier passed the winter at the entrance of the River Cap-Rouge, fortifying his position for fear of being molested by the neighbouring savages.
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Jacques Cartier made three journeys to what would become Canada. The first was in 1534 on behalf of Francois I, the King of France and was in search of a passage to Asia. He sailed into the Bais des Chaleurs and landed on the Gaspé Peninsula.
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Jacques Cartier was a navigator who made three voyages for France to the North American continent between 1534 and 1542. He explored the St. Lawrence River and gave Canada its name. ... Jacques Cartier - Cartier, Jacques Cartier, Jacques , 1491–1557, French navigator, first explorer of the Gulf ...
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Jacques Cartier was born in St. Malo (France) in 1491. Not much is known of his life before 1534, when he departed on his first voyage. He was looking for a passage through or around North America to East Asia, as some had done before him, and many would after him. ... Jacques Cartier *explorer (SchoolNet)
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Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) was a French explorer who led three expeditions to Canada, in 1534, 1535, and 1541. He was looking for a route to the Pacific through North America (a Northwest Passage) but did not find one.
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