Jacques Cartier.
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier was a French navigator who explored and claimed for France. He was the first European explorer to discover the St. Lawrence River.
Jacques Cartier is the French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence River in the early 16th century and claimed the region, known as Canada, for France.
Jacques Cartier claimed present-day Canada for France. He explored and claimed territories in the areas now known as Quebec and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
The French claimed it. Explorer Jacques Cartier discovered, named and claimed the St. Lawrence River for France.
Jacques Cartier claimed what is now known as Canada for France in 1534 when he explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
A.) The St. Lawrence and Mississippi Valleys
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Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence region of Canada. He also claimed what is now Canada for France, naming the area he discovered and mapped "The Country of Canadas", a Saint-Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata (or canada) for "settlement", "village", or "land".
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In 1534, Jacques Cartier explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence and claimed the area that would become Quebec for France. In 1608, Samuel de Champlain established the colony of Quebec, the first permanent European settlement in Canada. Wikipedia has an article on the histor of Quebec.
Explorer Jacques Cartier is credited with being the first European to explore the St. Lawrence River in the early 16th century. His expeditions helped establish French claims to Canada.