Jacques cartier

Jacques Cartier

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  • Dec 31, 1491

    Jacques Cartier's birth

    Jacques Cartier's birth
    Jacques Cartier was born on the 31st of December in Saint - Malo Brittany ,France.
  • Period: Dec 31, 1491 to Sep 1, 1551

    Jacques Cartier's life

    Jacues Cartier was born in Samalo and died in France.
  • Jan 1, 1534

    First dicovery of St Lawrence river

    This was when Jacques Cartier f thought he was going east but went west and found St Lawrence river. He also found Asia
  • Jan 1, 1534

    When Jacques Cartier left France with 112 men to continue thier journey

    Jacques Cartier a 112 men (including the two kidnapped children they took from india) left France for their return trip and sailed up the St. Lawrence River to the Iroquoian capital of Stadacona.
  • Apr 11, 1534

    Told by king of France to explore North America to Asia

    Was told by the king of France to explore North America and claimed North America to Asia to look for gold and spices for France.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1535 to Jan 1, 1536

    Had to stay in Standacona for winter

    Jacues Cartier was told to spend winter in Standacona. Where the snow was four feet deep.
  • May 19, 1535

    Jacques Cartier arrived in Canada

    When he arrived in Canada, his ship foundered on the Great Barrier Reef that had frustrated Hudson so many times, and Cartier was forced to abandon his cargo except for his cloak and the few watches he was able to gather and keep wrapped in it. Over the next two years, Cartier traveled on foot from town to town, eventually ending up in New York City. Homeless and destitute, he was forced to live on the street, selling his imitation watches there to whoever was willing to buy them. Cartier died p
  • May 19, 1535

    Jacques Cartier took three ships back to the Artic

    So on May 19, 1535, his forty-fourth birthday, he took three ships back across the Arctic, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. The third of these was completely stocked with hundreds of top-quality watches for sale to the locals. But the following year he returned to France with every watch still on board.
  • Oct 2, 1535

    When the rapids tried to prevent Jacques from continuing

    On October 2, 1535, where rapids prevented him from continuing. Cartier believed the rapids were the last obstacle in his discovery of the Northwest Passage. Today, the town on the banks of the rapids is called Lachine, the French word for China.
  • Sep 1, 1551

    Jacques cartier's death

    Jacques Cartier returned to france and died of an epidemic (wich is a infectious disease) on the 1st of September.