Jacques Cartier

This article is about the French explorer. For other uses, see Jacques Cartier (disambiguation).

Jacques Cartier
Portrait by Théophile Hamel, c. 1844. No contemporary portraits of Cartier are known.
Born31 December 1491
Saint-Malo, Duchy of Brittany
Died1 September 1557(1557-09-01) (aged 65)
Saint-Malo, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Navigator and explorer
Known forFirst European to travel inland in North America. Claimed what is now known as Canada for the Kingdom of France.
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Mary Catherine des Granches
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Jacques Cartier[a] (Breton: Jakez Karter; 31 December 1491 – 1 September 1557) was a French-Breton maritime explorer for France. 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]

  1. ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
  2. ^ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
  3. ^ His maps are lost but referenced in a letter by his nephew Jacques Noël, dated 1587 and printed by Richard Hakluyt with the Relation of Cartier's third voyage, in The Principall Navigations [...], London, G. Bishop, 1600.
  4. ^ Trudel, Marcel. "Cartier, Jacques". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 5 August 2019. This tertiary source reuses information from other sources but does not name them.
  5. ^ Jacques Cartier at the Encyclopædia Britannica. This tertiary source reuses information from other sources but does not name them.
  6. ^ "Exploration – Jacques Cartier". The Historica Dominion Institute. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  7. ^ "Jacques Cartier". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 9 November 2009. This tertiary source reuses information from other sources but does not name them.


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