What kind of illness did Jaques Cartier get when traveling?

Answer 1

Jaques Cartier got a disease called scurvy caused by a lack of vitamin C. The needles and bark of white cedar vitamin C. It was many years before Europeans understood how to cure scurvy. The aboriginals helped Jaques Cartier when he arrived in North America and cured scurvy with lime. Back then sailors called it limeys but in this time it is called limes.