Global InformationJacques Cartier information
Jacques Cartier | |
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 Portrait by Théophile Hamel, c. 1844. No contemporary portraits of Cartier are known. | |
| Born | 31 December 1491 Saint-Malo, Duchy of Brittany |
| Died | 1 September 1557 (aged 65) Saint-Malo, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Navigator and explorer |
| Known for | First European to travel inland in North America. Claimed what is now known as Canada for the Kingdom of France. |
| Spouse |
Mary Catherine des Granches
(m. 1520) |
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Jacques Cartier[a] (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]
- ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Trudel, Marcel. "Cartier, Jacques". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 5 August 2019. This tertiary source reuses information from other sources but does not name them.
- ^ Jacques Cartier at the Encyclopædia Britannica. This tertiary source reuses information from other sources but does not name them.
- ^ "Exploration – Jacques Cartier". The Historica Dominion Institute. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ "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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