Jacques Cartier

31 December 1491 — 24 September 1557

Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "Canada" after the Iroquoian names for the two big settlements he saw at Stadacona and at Hochelaga.
Grave of Jacques Cartier
Grave of Jacques Cartier

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