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Jacques Cartier by Chevalier, Henri-Emile is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Jacques Cartier (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" after the Iroquoian names for the two big settlements he saw at Stadacona (Quebec City) and at Hochelaga (Montreal Island). With original intention to discover a „western passage“ to the alluring markets of East Asia, Cartier accomplished three trans-atlantic voyages leading him to the estuary oft he St. Lawrence River, which he explored, laying the foundations fort he establishment of first French colonies in what he called „The Country of Canadas“: – first voyage (1534), seocnd voyage (1535-1536), third voyage (1541-1542).

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Author

Chevalier, Henri-Emile

Publisher

Atramenta (www.atramenta.net)

Published

2011

Language

FR

Category

work of fiction