Jacques Cartier, (born 1491, Saint-Malo, Brittany, France–died September 1, 1557, near Saint-Malo), French mariner, whose explorations of the Canadian coast and the St. Lawrence River (1534, 1535, 1541–42) laid the foundation for later French claims to North America (see New France). Cartier L’odyssee also is credited with naming Canada, though he used the title–derived from the Huron-Iroquois kanata, meaning that a village or settlement–to refer just to the region around what is currently Quebec city.Cartier seems to have voyaged into the Americas, particularly Brazil, before his three important North American voyages. After King Francis I of France decided in 1534 to send an expedition to explore the northern lands in the hope of discovering gold, spices, and a passage into Asia, Cartier received the commission. He drifted out of Saint-Malo on April 20, 1534, together with two ships and 61 men. Reaching North America a few weeks afterwards, Cartier traveled across the west coast of Newfoundland, found Prince Edward Island, and explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence up to Anticosti Island. Having captured two Indians at the Gaspé Peninsula, he sailed back to France.His report piqued the interest of Francis I sufficiently for him to send Cartier back the next year, with three boats and 110 men, to investigate further. Guided by the two Indians he had brought back, he sailed up the St. Lawrence as far as Quebec and established a base near an Iroquois village. In September he proceeded with a little party so far as the island of Montreal, where navigation was barred by rapids.
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