Jacques cartier accomplishments
- •
Jacques Cartier, explorer and navigator
Jacques Cartier was born in Saint-Malo, France, in 1491. A Breton, Cartier is still considered by some to be the "discoverer of Canada". In 1520, he married Catherine Des Granches, the daughter of the "constable" for Saint-Malo i.e., a top-ranking official in the royal military administration.
Cartier began sailing at an early age. Previous to the three famous voyages to Canada, he had travelled to Brazil and Newfoundland, among other destinations. By the time he first set out for the New World in 1534, he had already gathered a remarkable degree of experience in the navigation arts, a quality which earned him the attention of the king.
After 1542, Cartier led no other voyages of exploration for the king. Although in 1541 he still bore the title of King's captain and master pilot for new territories, Cartier divided the remainder of his days between his home on Rue de Buhen in Saint-Malo and his manor in Limoëlou, where, on September 1, 1557, at the age of 66, he purportedly succumbed to an epidemic of the plague. He left no descendant
- •
Jacques Cartier
French maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
This article is about the French explorer. For other uses, see Jacques Cartier (disambiguation).
Jacques Cartier | |
|---|---|
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(1557-09-01) (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) |
Jacques Cartier[a] (Breton: Jakez Karter; 31 December 1491 – 1 September 1557) was a French-Bretonmaritime 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 t
- •
CARTIER, JACQUES, navigator of Saint-Malo, first explorer of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1534, discoverer of the St. Lawrence River in 1535, commander of the settlement of Charlesbourg-Royal in 1541–42; b. probably some time between 7 June and 23 Dec. 1491 at Saint-Malo (Brittany), where he died in 1557.
Cartier had no doubt been going to sea since his youth, but nothing is known of his career before 1532. According to Lanctot, Cartier may have taken part in Verrazzano’s expeditions in 1524 and 1528. Cartier’s absences from France which coincide with the voyages of the celebrated Florentine, the objective assigned to Cartier in 1534, his point of arrival in Newfoundland which corresponds to the final point reached on the 1524 voyage, a Danish map of 1605, and a statement of the Jesuit Pierre Biard in his Relation for the year 1614 – from all these Lanctot concludes that Cartier sailed along the North American coast in 1524. He further states that Cartier, after Verrazzano’s death, took command of the ship to return to France.
Several objections mi
Copyright ©yambump.pages.dev 2025