Jacques Cartier

Also known as Jakez Carter, Cartier

Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)

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Jacques Cartier was a French explorer from Brittany who made multiple voyages across the Atlantic Ocean to North America during the 16th century. His expeditions are historically significant because they mapped parts of what is now Canada, particularly the St. Lawrence River, and helped establish France's early claims to North American territory.

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Voyage de Jacques Cartier
Voyage de Jacques Cartier Au Canada En 1534
Contribution à l'étude de la médication iodique
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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Québec

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Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries
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Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries
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Global cancer statistics
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Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012
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Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries
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Lifespan: 1491–1557
Nationality: FR
Role / Field: Explorers, Objevitele a vynalezci, Navigator, Namornici, Explorer, Navigation
Language: frm, fre
Gender: Male

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Commons category: Jacques Cartier
date of death: 1557-09-24
date of birth: 1491-12-31
Commons gallery: Jacques Cartier
Commons Creator page: Jacques Cartier
name in native language: Jacques Cartier

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Jacques Cartier (Breton: Jakez Karter; 31 December 1491 – 1 September 1557) was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "Canada" after the Iroquoian names for the two big settlements he saw at Stadacona (Quebec City) and at Hochelaga (Montreal Island).

Jacques Cartier, author of now-lost maps and accounts of his voyages, was the first European to describe and name this region and its inhabitants—at a time when the Spanish had already settled in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America, and were beginning their conquest of Peru.