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Jacques Cartier was born inSt. Malo (France) in 1491. Not much is known of his life before 1534, when he departed on his first voyage. He was looking for a passage through or around North America to East Asia, as some had done before him, and many would after him.

He made the crossing of the Atlantic in only twenty days, and landed on an island near the coast of Newfoundland, by then already much frequented by Breton fishermen. He sailed north, and entered the Strait of Belle Isle. He sailed into the Bay of St. Lawrence and along the westcoast of Newfoundland, and crossed the Bay to the Magdalen Islands and Prince Edward Island, both of which he thought part of the mainland. Then he went to Chaleur Bay and Gaspé peninsula. There he saw 50 canoes filled with Micmac Indians, who seemed friendly and greeted him with the words napeu tondamen assurtah (we want to make friendship). The next day the French and the Micmac traded and celebrated. Cartier explored the bay, being disappointed that it was not the straight to China he had hoped it to be. He also met a fishing party of 200 Hurons, led by their chief, Donnaconna. His sons, Domagaia and Taignagny, went to France with Cartier to become interpreters. Cartier explored Anticosti Island and returned to France.

As he had heared of a large river further to the west, and hoped it to be the sought-for northeast passage, Cartier departed on a second voyage in the next year. He sailed through the Strait of Belle Isle again, but this time followed the coast westward, and reached the St. Lawrence. He sailed upriver until the Huron village of Stadacona (at the location of present-day Quebec). Donnacona first greeted him friendly and solemnly, but refused to let him sail further west. Three medicin men dressed up as devils, and warned Cartier not to go further, but Cartier just laughed at it. He went further upriver, leaving the two Huron boys behind.

He reached Hochelaga, another Huron village. Again their coming resulted in extensive festivities. Cartier climbed a mountain he called Mount Réal (royal mountain), and was appointing when he saw the rapids a bit upriver, which told him that this was not the passage to China. He spent the winter in Stadacona. During the winter his men suffered from scurvy, less than ten of his 110 men remained strong enough, and had to get food and water for all. Because he was afraid that the Indians would attack if they learned that the French were ill, Cartier ordered his men to make noise when they were near. The expedition might well not have survived if it were not for Domagaia. Domagaia had scurvy too, but ten days later Cartier saw him healthy and well. Domagaia told him he had cured from the bark and needles of the white cedar tree. Just over one week later the tree was bare, but all Cartier's men were healthy again. The Hurons told him stories about a land in the north, called Saguenay, full of gold and other treasure. None of this was true of course, but the Hurons liked telling stories, and when they found the French liked stories of riches, they were happy to give them these. Willing to let king Francis I to hear about these stories, Cartier kidnapped Donnaconna and his sons, and took them with him to France.

He wanted to make another expedition, this time to look for Saguenay, but because of a war with Spain, and the difficulties of preparing the voyage, he was not able to do so until 1541. This time Cartier would not be the sole leader of the expedition, but had to serve under Jean-Francois de la Rocque, sieur de Roberval. He visited Stadacona, and built a fort near the mouth of the Saguenay. His men collected what they thought were diamonds and gold, but in reality were only quartz and iron pyrite (fool's gold). Cartier himself went west, looking for Saguenay, but got no further than Hochelaga.

Back at his fort (called Charlesbourg-Royal) he spent the winter. Some thirty-five of his men were killed in sporadical Indian attacks (the Hurons had become hostile when they realized the French had come to stay), and Cartier was worried about the fact that Roberval did not show up. The next spring he met Roberval on Newfoundland. Roberval wanted him to return, but Cartier refused, and sneaked back to France. Roberval built a fort near Stadacona, wintered there, went looking for Saguenay but also got no further than Hochelaga, and returned to France. Cartier spent the rest of his life in St.-Malo and his nearby estate, and died in 1557, aged 66.

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Go for details =] > ◊ Jacques was born in France, on May 19th, 1491. Now, I’m sad to say that not much is known about Jacques Before his first voyage. What we DO know is that he dreamed of sailing the seas, and finding new lands. Many boys of that time had that dream! He, as a Catholic, Believed his dreams would come true as long as he stood faithful to God. His first Voyage was commissioned to him by the King, and he was supposed to find a route to China. After all, his occupation was being an explorer! However, he was blown off course, and landed in Newfoundland. Many people believe the he was the one who discovered China! Cartier had many more Voyages, and he died on September 1st, 1557

Jacques Cartier was the first explorer of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

he was born in 1491 in St. Malo, France

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he cured his men of scurvy with white pine and leaves.

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he cured many different people who had scurvvy with white pive and leaves

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the fabled northwest passage and he was sent to the New World to discover diamonds, gold, and a new route to Asia.

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First Nations peoples helped his crew survive scurvy by showing them a medicine!

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What were some hardships of Jacques Cartier?

the reason all his men died was because of scurvy and from the lack of food. they traveld on the sea 20 days.


Did Jacques cartier live in France?

Jacques Cartier was born in St. Malo on Dec. 31, 1494. St. Malo is located in Brittany, in the northwest of France. It is a port on the English Channel near the British Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. Cartier was well-educated. He studied navigation in Dieppe, a nearby port to the east. Dieppe was a major French training center for navigators. At the time, Dieppe was also the home of Giovanni da Verrazzano, another famous explorer. Cartier was a well-respected navigator. It is certain the two would have known and respected one another. It is thought that Cartier sailed to the Grand Banks, off Newfoundland, with a fishing fleet some time around 1520. There is evidence that Cartier sailed with Verrazzano in 1524 on a voyage to America. On that trip, Verrazzano explored the coast of North America from what is now Cape Fear, North Carolina, to present-day Maine. Cartier probably also accompanied Verrazzano to Brazil a few years later. Cartier made three voyages to what is now Canada, in 1534, 1535-36, and 1541-42. He explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River as far as present-day Montreal. He was searching for a passage through America to the Pacific, one that did not exist. Sailing through dangerous and unknown waters, Cartier never lost a ship. He explored fifty previously undiscovered harbours without a serious incident. The only sailors he lost were on account of a scurvy epidemic. Cartier was definitely one of the most capable and conscientious explorers of his time. Jacques Cartier died on September 1, 1557, at his estate just outside of St. Malo, and was buried at St. Vincent's Cathedral in St. Malo.


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