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Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier

French navigator


Dead at 65 years
Birthday
Wednesday
He is born 532 years, 7 months and 3 days ago
Death date
Sunday

He is dead since 466 years, 7 months and 25 days

Cause of death: plague

Birthplace
Saint-Malo, France
Nationality: french France
Birth sign: Libra

Jacques Cartier (31 December 1491 – 1 September 1557) was a French-Breton maritime explorer 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 Country of Canadas" after the Iroquoian names for the two big settlements he saw at Stadacona (Quebec City) and at Hochelaga (Montreal Island).

Source : Wikipedia