Jacques Cartier
Explorer, Mountaineer
1491 – 1557
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Who was Jacques Cartier?
Jacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big settlements he saw at Stadacona and at Hochelaga.
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- Born
- Dec 31, 1491
Saint-Malo - Also known as
- ฌัก การ์ตีเย
- Картье, Жак
- 雅克·卡蒂埃
- Parents
- Ethnicity
- French people
- Breton people
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Lived in
- Brittany
- Died
- Sep 1, 1557
Saint-Malo
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on July 23, 2013
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