Jacques Cartier | |
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![]() Portrait by Théophile Hamel, c. 1844. No contemporary portraits of Cartier are known. | |
Born | 31 December 1491 |
Died | 1 September 1557 Saint-Malo, France | (aged 65)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Navigator and explorer |
Known for | First European to travel inland in North America. Claimed what is now known as Canada for the Kingdom of France. |
Spouse |
Mary Catherine des Granches
(m. 1520) |
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Jacques Cartier[a] (Breton: Jakez Karter; 31 December 1491 – 1 September 1557) was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map[3] the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas"[citation needed] after the Iroquoian names for the two big settlements he saw at Stadacona (Quebec City) and at Hochelaga (Montreal Island).[4][5][6][7]
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