Jacques Cartier Summary

Jacques Cartier 1491-1557 French Navigator and Explorer Jacques Cartier is the adventurer who is often credited with discovering Canada. He was the first European to locate the Gulf of St. Lawrence an... Read more

Jacques Cartier Born 1491, Saint-Malo, France Died September 1, 1557, Saint-Malo, France During the sixteenth century European navigators had determined that the continents of North and South Americ... Read more

Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), French explorer and navigator, may truly be said to have discovered Canada. His voyages were the key to the cartography of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and he named the land ... Read more

Introduction Jacques Cartier sailed to explore North America in 1533. The king of France had ordered him to find gold, riches, and a short sea route to Asia. Between 1533 and 1542, Cartier made se... Read more