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| The French navigator Jacques Cartier led two exploratory expeditions to North America, both funded by King Francis I. He claimed the area he discovered for France, and named the St. Lawrence River, which he explored as far as present-day Montréal. | ||||||
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| Exploration, Geographic; Québec (province); Cartier, Jacques; Canada | ||||||
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