Jacques Cartier is recognized as the European discover of the St. Lawrence River, he also discovered the Magdalene Islands and Prince Edward Island. Jacques Cartier was born in 1491 at St. Malo, Brittiany; Cartier made three voyages to North America between 1534 and 1542. On the first (1534), he thoroughly explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence, claimed the Gaspe Peninsula for France, and took two Laurentian Iroquois home with him to learn French. Jacques Cartier is recognized as the …
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