Jacques+Cartier

He discovered the St. Lawrence River. || In 1908 the Fleet of Cartier was commemorated on a canadian postage stamp.
 * [[image:http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/cartier.jpg width="201" height="264" align="center"]] |||| **Jacques Cartier ** ||
 * ^  || **Born: 1491 ** || **Died: 1557 ** ||
 * ^  |||| **French Explorer ** ||
 * ^  |||| **Major Accomplishment **

Jacques Cartier was born in the seaport of Saint Malo, France. He studied navigation in Dieppe, a major French center for navigators. After that he became a navigator. He sailed to Newfoundland with a fishing fleet in the early 1500s. Some people believe Cartier accompanied Giovanni de Verrazano on French expeditions to the New World. In 153,Cartier went looking for the Northwest Passage. Cartier got two small ships and 61 crew members. He left Saint Malo in April. In less than three weeks, he was sailing down the coast of Newfoundland, discovering the Magdalen and Prince Edward islands. They then crossed the Gaspe Peninsula and claimed it for France. Unfortunately he had mistaken the mouth of the St. Lawrence River for a bay, and failed to investigate it. In 1535, the king sent him out again. He sailed up the St. Lawrence River and recognized it for what it was. He continued on, establishing Mont Real (Mount Royal) which is now Montreal, Canada. They spent the winter at an Indian village near Quebec, where Cartier watched 25 of his men die of scurvy. The Huron were generous to him, but he betrayed them. He kidnapped 12 Indians, including their chief, and headed straight for France. Cartier hoped that his prisoners would tell him where their gold mine was located, but there really was no gold mine. In 1541, his third expedition was put together to help Jean Roberval found a colony in Canada. In June 1544, Roberval arrived on a supply ship only to find that Cartier had slipped back to France. Cartier had left Roberval stranded in New France with a colony of robbers and murderers. Cartier never found the Northwest Passage,but he found other great things.  //SHIPS//
 * [[image:http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/cartiermap.gif width="303" height="218" align="center"]] ||
 * **Area explored by Cartier** ||
 * // Grande Hermine //
 * Built: France 1534; given in 1535 to Cartier by the King of France; used in the 1535-1536 and 1541-1542 voyages; replica 1967 built for "//Expo 67//" in Montréal; abandoned in 2001 from Saint-Charles River ( Québec City)
 * //Petite Hermine//
 * Built: France; used in the 1535-1536 voyage and abandoned in 1536 springtime by Cartier in Saint - Charles River because too many of his sailors died in Québec City during last wintertime
 * //Émérillon//
 * Built: France; used in the 1535-1536 and 1541-1542 voyages
 * //Georges// (1541–1542)
 * Built: France; used in the 1541-1542 voyage
 * //[|Saint-Brieux]//
 * Built: France; used in the 1541-1542 voyage

Monuments
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 * Place Jacques-Cartier, a major street in the Vieux Port of Montreal
 * Jacques-Cartier River
 * Jacques-Cartier Bridge
 * Jacques-Cartier State Park
 * Cartier Pavilion, built in 1955, at Royal Military College Saint-Jean
 * Jacques Cartier Monument, Harrington Island

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