[DOC] [TLE] Jacques Cartier - Wikipedia [PAR] Jacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now 
Canada for ... In 1534, two years after the Duchy of Brittany was formally united 
with France in the Edict of Union, Cartier was ... Bay with a party of St. Lawrence 
Iroquoians, where on July 24, he planted a cross to claim the land for France. [DOC] [TLE] Jacques Cartier - Exploration - HISTORY.com [PAR] French explorer Jacques Cartier named Canada after "kanata," the Huron-
Iroquois ... In 1534, France's King Francis I authorized the navigator Jacques 
Cartier ... would later enable France to lay claim to the lands that would become 
Canada. ... bringing with him two captured Native Americans from the Gasp 
Peninsula. [DOC] [TLE] Cartier discovers St. Lawrence River - Jun 09, 1534 - HISTORY.com [PAR] French navigator Jacques Cartier becomes the first European explorer to 
discover ... In 1534, Cartier was commissioned by King Francis I of France to 
explore the ... explored Chaleur Bay, and claimed Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula for 
France. ... of the warm and fertile lands around the Gulf of St. Lawrence inspired 
Francis I to... [DOC] [TLE] Jacques Cartier 1534-1542 | Virtual Museum of New France [PAR] 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. [DOC] [TLE] Jacques Cartier | French explorer | Britannica.com [PAR] Feb 2, 2016 ... When King Francis I of France decided in 1534 to send an ... Having seized two 
Indians at the Gasp Peninsula, he sailed back to France. ... de Roberval, to 
establish a colony in the lands discovered by Cartier ... His claim to fame rests on 
his exploration of the St. Lawrence River to the height of navigation. [DOC] [TLE] Gasp Peninsula - The Canadian Encyclopedia [PAR] Mar 23, 2015 ... When Jacques Cartier landed in Gasp Bay in 1534 to plant a cross and claim 
the land for the king of France, he found the area occupied by... [DOC] [TLE] Jacques Cartier facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Born in 1491, Jacques Cartier was a French mariner who sailed out of the port 
city of St. Malo ... His success on those trips brought him to the attention King 
Francis I of France, ... Cartier's first voyage to mainland North America took place 
in 1534. ... Donnacona, but soon upset the Indians by erecting a cross on land 
the tribe... [DOC] [TLE] Quebec History:Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home [PAR] In 1534, Jacques Cartier sailed from France, landed on the Gasp Peninsula and 
claimed the territory for France. Explorer Samuel de Champlain initiated... [DOC] [TLE] Explorers [PAR] Cabot rowed ashore and claimed the land for England. ... The king of England 
gave Cabot money to pay for another trip. In 1498, Cabot ... The Europeans now 
knew about the Grand Banks. ... In July, Cartier landed on the Gaspe Peninsula. 
... June 12, 1534 ... Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer and mapmaker. [DOC] [TLE] New France: Historical Background in Brief [PAR] France's earliest attempt to stake a claim in the new world was in 1534 when 
French sailor Jacques Cartier arrived in Chaleur Bay off the Gasp peninsula. ... 
In 1634, he was named Seigneur of Beauport with a grant of land northeast of 
Qubec ... In 1663, the King Louis XIV took over direct control of the government 
of New... [DOC] [TLE] The First Acadians - Acadian Culture in Maine [PAR] French claim to lands in North America date from three voyages of Jacques ... of 
a cross with the royal arms on the Gasp peninsula in 1534 (McInnis 1969: 20). ... 
One attributes it to the explorer Verrazano, who in 1524 named the coastline of 
the ... The King of France began to grant North American fur trade monopolies in
... [DOC] [TLE] Cartier, Jacques - Dictionary definition of Cartier, Jacques ... [PAR] Jacques

Question: This explorer landed on what is now the Gaspe Peninsula in 1534 & claimed it for the French king
Answer: Jacques Cartier