Accompanies Giovanni da Verrazano on a voyage to North America
Aug 16, 1534
King Fransies appoints Jacues Cartier for his first voyage to what is now Canada
Jun 1, 1535
Leads a second voyage to now what is Canada
Jun 5, 1536
One year later returns to France
May 4, 1541
Sails to Canada for the third time when he gets there he meets atribe named Kanta so he thought that was what the whole area was called so he named it Canada.