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__**Introduction **__
====**Jacques Cartier was the second child of Jamet Cartier and Geseline Jansart. He was a navigator who was born in St.Malo, an island of the coast of France. He was born on France on December 31, 1491. He died on September 1, 1557 at the age of 65 in St. Malo, France.** ====


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__**Voyages **__
====**Jacques Cartier represented France and set sail from St. Malo on April 20, 1534. With a crew of 61 men, he explored for weeks Newfoundland, Magdalen Islands, Prince Edward Island, and Gaspe Penninsula. There, he traded with the Micmacs. Jacques made three voyages to Eastern Canada.** ====

__**Purpose of Journey(s) **__
====**The main purpose of Cartier's journeys was to reach the riches of Asia (China) by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean. On his first voyage, King Francis The First ordered Cartier to travel through the Strait of Belle Isle and the Sea of Asia to discover lands rich in gold and other precious things. On his second voyage, King Francis ordered him again to find more precious things. On his third voyage he sailed from France to all the way to the St. Lawrence and up the river.** ====


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__**Hardships/ Challenges **__
====**On May 19,1535, his voyage had a lot of stormy weather and his crew soon became sick with scurvy. In the winter the Iroquois attacked and killed several Frenchmen. **====

__**Historical Contributions **__
====**In August 10, 1535 Cartier reached the coast of Gaspe Peninsula. He named it St. Lawrence due to the fact that the expedition had arrived there on the saint's feast day. Jacques Cartier was the first European explorer to find the mouth of the St.Lawrence River and to travel 1600 km up the famous river.** ====

__**Other Notable Occurrences/Events **__
====**Jacques Cartier travelled with Giovanni da Verrazano on French expeditions to the New World during the 1520's. He traded with the Iroquois Indians and in August, the chief of the tribe, Chief Donnacona, reluctantly allowed his two sons to go with Cartier on the rest of his expeditions.** ==== 



 * ====Canadian Explorers====
 * ====Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlan, and the Explorers of Canada.====
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