Jacques Cartier
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Jacques Cartier was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. 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
Portrait by Théophile Hamel, c. 1844. No contemporary portraits of Cartier are known.
The Fleet of Cartier was commemorated on a 1908 Canadian postage stamp.
Plaque on the statue of Jacques Cartier in front of the Gabrielle-Roy public library, in the Saint-Roch neighbourhood of Quebec City.
Jacques Cartier on a 1934 Canadian postage stamp
New France
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New France was the territory colonized by France in mainland North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New F
Jacques Cartier
…interior eastern region along the St. Lawrence River. His explorations consolidated France's claim of the territory that would later be colonized as New France, and his third voyage produced the first documented European attempt at settling North America since that of Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón in 1526–27. Cartier's…
Jean Talon, count of Orsainville, first intendant of New France
Habitation at Port-Royal c. 1605
Habitation at Quebec c. 1608
One group of King's Daughters arrives at Quebec, 1667