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• Jacques Cartier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  Jacques Cartier (1491– September 1, 1557) claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first who described and mapped the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint ...

• CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jacques Cartier

  The discoverer of Canada, b. at Saint-Malo, Brittany, in 1491; d. 1 September, 1557 ... Jacques Cartier tt=16. The discoverer of Canada, b. at Saint-Malo, Brittany, in 1491; d. 1 ...

• Cartier, Jacques

  Jacques Cartier, navigator (b at St-Malo, France, between 7 June and 23 Dec 1491; d there 1 Sept 1557). Cartier led 3 voyages of exploration to the St Lawrence region in 1534, 1535 ...