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The role of Jacques Cartier in the history of the United States of America. Jacques Cartier, the French navigator, established his country’s claim to present-day Canada through his explorations of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River.
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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 was born in the seaport of Saint Malo, France. He studied navigation in Dieppe, a major French center for navigators. After that he became a highly respected navigator. In 1531, Francis I commissioned Cartier to look for the Northwest Passage, the short route to the Pacific Ocean that had eluded John...
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This site has a biography and picture of French Explorer Jacques Cartier Cartier, JACQUES, French navigator; born at St. Malo, France, Dec. 31, 1494; was commissioned by Francis I., King of France, to command an expedition to explore the Western Continent.
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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 , Explorer Born: 1491 Birthplace: St. Malo, Brittany (now France) Died: September 1557 Best Known As: French discoverer of Canada's St Who2 Biography: Jacques Cartier, Explorer...
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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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