Tho he didn't find the Northwest Passage, this Frenchman established France's claim to Canada
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Jacques Cartier - Wikipedia  Jacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France ... Cartier returned to France in September 1534, sure that he had reached an Asian land. ... So certain was Cartier that the river was the Northwest Passage and that the rapids were all that was preventing him from sailing to...
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History - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Tho he didn't find the Northwest Passage this Frenchman established France's claim to Canada, This explorer landed on what is now the Gaspe Peninsula.
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Social Studies In Action: Explorers in North America  What people didn't realize was that a vast continent, with its own wealth of ... The search for the Northwest and Northeast Passages resulted in the ... the first to circumnavigate the globe, even though he did it over the course of several voyages. ... and his explorations led France to claim large portions of what is now Canada.
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Explorers Famous People Flashcards | Quizlet  Sailed for the Dutch even though he was originally from England. He was looking for a ... He claimed the St Lawrence River and eastern Canada for France. .... 1521: He sent an expedition to Florida to find the Northwest passage. The expedition ... ( was to be a judge but didn't work out became an explorer).
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Samuel de Champlain - Wikipedia  Samuel de Champlain The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608. He is important to Canadian history because he made the first accurate map .... After a difficult passage, he spent some time in Cadiz before his uncle,...
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Jacques Cartier - Wikipedia  Jacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. 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 "The ... His third encounter took place on the shores of Gasp Bay with a party of St.
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Samuel de Champlain - Wikipedia  Samuel de Champlain The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, .... Champlain's first trip to North America was as an observer on a fur-trading expedition led ... Dugua asked Champlain to find a site for winter settlement. .... On March 29, 1613, arriving back in New France, he first ensured that his new...
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New France - Wikipedia  French merchants soon realized the St. Lawrence ... early French attempt at settlement in North America took ... of Ren Goulaine de Laudonnire and Jean Ribault. ... established on Sable Island, off the coast of Acadia, ... In 1604, a settlement was founded at le-Saint-Croix...
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New France - Wikipedia  New France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France .... colony. Champlain was named Governor of New France and Richelieu forbade...
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HISTORY OF FRENCH COLONIAL AMERICA  18th century ... Meanwhile he claims the whole region for his king, under the title New France. ... the next century descend from this first major influx of settlers), and explorers now begin the ... As the French explore through and around the Great Lakes, they begin also to move down the rivers running south from this region.
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Explorers of the Pacific Northwest - Bureau of Land Management  All people who have lived in the Pacific Northwest over the past ... Columbia River, which he mistakenly believed to be only an indentation in the coastline. 9 ... search northward for the Northwest Passage but on his return voyage south, he sent .... William Henry Ashley founded the Rocky Mountain Fur company. He...
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Northwest Passage - Wikipedia  The Northwest Passage is a sea route connecting the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. ... While searching for him the McClure Arctic Expedition discovered the Northwest Passage in 1850.
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New France: Historical Background in Brief  France's earliest attempt to stake a claim in the new world was in 1534 when ... Cartier promptly returned home, but, in two later trips, he explored and ... in France, he began work in 1608 on his second colony which he called ... a grant of land northeast of Qubec City on the St-Lawrence River, across from the le d'Orlans.
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Jacques Cartier, Explorer: Voyages, Facts & Route - Video & Lesson ...  Jacques Cartier was a French explorer and navigator. Learn more about his life and the three major voyages that he made to North ... I of France to find both a direct route to Asia and an abundance of riches. Cartier ... His explorations of the St. Lawrence River and Canadian coast laid the ... Second Voyage to North America.
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The Viking Explorer Who Beat Columbus to America - History in the ...  Oct 8, 2013 ... After traversing unfamiliar waters, the Norsemen aboard the wooden ship spied ... His father, Erik the Red, founded the first European settlement of ... Around A.D. 1000, Eriksson sailed east to his ancestral homeland of Norway. ... he found it on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland at L'Anse aux Meadows.
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Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Quebec ... - World Book INK  Jun 30, 2014 ... It began as a small trading post along the St. Lawrence River. In 1608, the French explorer Samuel de Champlain sailed from France to what is now eastern Canada with a group of about 25 to 30 companions to establish a fur-trading post. It was not Champlain's first journey to the Americas.
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Northwest Passage - Wikipedia  The Northwest Passage is a sea route connecting the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans ... For centuries explorers sought a navigable passage as a possible trade ... When it became apparent that there was no route through the heart of the ... Roald Amundsen first successfully completed a passage from Greenland to...
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Alliance Baffin Island British Canada Colonies Colony Ellesmere ...  Frobisher thought the bay he discovered led to the Pacific Ocean. Frobisher ... He named the San Francisco area New Albion and claimed it for England. ... Bay. After a hard winter, Hudson's crew set him adrift and returned to England. ... In 1616, Baffin became the first European to reach Ellesmere Island, west of Greenland.
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Jacques Cartier - Wikipedia  His third encounter took place on the shores of Gasp Bay with a party of St. Lawrence Iroquoians, where on July 24, he planted a cross to claim the land for...
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Jacques Cartier 1534-1542 | Virtual Museum of New France  Soon after, Cartier reached Gasp Bay. More than 200 Iroquois from Stadacona (Qubec) were on the peninsula to fish. Initially trusting and cordial, relations were tarnished when Jacques Cartier claimed possession of the territory on July 24. ... was able to relate to the King the marvels he had seen in the western lands.
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The First Acadians - Acadian Culture in Maine  French claim to lands in North America date from three voyages of Jacques Cartier ... One attributes it to the explorer Verrazano, who in 1524 named the coastline of .... on Ile Royale (Cape Breton Island), Ile Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island),...