Jean-François Roberval
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Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval was a French nobleman and adventurer who, through his friendship with King Francis I, became the first Lieutenant General of New France. As a corsair he attacked
Sketch of de La Rocque de Roberval by Jean Clouet, Chateau de Chantilly, France
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
Jean-François Roberval
…provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith". The King provided some funds for this expedition and three ships; Valentine, Anne and Lechefraye. Jacques Cartier, to whom the King had first given this commission on the basis of his previous two voyages to Canada, was hired as chief navigator. Roberval was not…
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