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Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) was an explorer of the St. Lawrence River to present day Montreal. Cartier’s exploration was the base for France’s claim to Canada. Their origional intent was to search for the Northwest Passage to the Orient.

Jacques Cartier was a French navigator who was origionally recognized as the European who discovered the St. Lawrence River. Cartier was a born in 1491 at St. Malo, Brittany. Cartier was to make three voyages to North America between 1534 and 1542. On the first voyage in 1534, he thoroughly explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence. He claimed the Gaspe Peninsula for France and took two Laurentain Iroquois home with him to learn French.

On the second voyage in 1535 to 1536, he used the two Indian interpreter-guides to plot him up the St. Lawrence River to Stadacona which is now known as Quebec. He continued to Hochelaga (present day Montreal) without them but was discouraged from continuing farther west by the rapids and cold weather. Spending the winter in Stadacona, 25 of his crew members died from scurvy before the discovery of a brew of white cedar saved the rest of the crew. Cartier arrived back to St. Malo in July of 1536.

On his third voyage from 1541 to 1542, Carter was obliged to serve under the command of Jean Francois de la Rocque do Roberval, although the rest of his former crew did not sail with him. Cartier founded a settlement near Stadacona. Cartier discovered quartz he thought to be diamonds and iron pyrites he thought to be gold. He then again traveled as far as Hochelaga. He spent the winter near Stadacona, where it is thought that at least 35 members of his crew were killed by Iroquois.

Cartier later died at St. Malo on Sept. 1, 1557.

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http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/cartier.html

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/excartier.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier

http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/jacquesca_cd.html