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Jacques Cartier departs St-Malo France on his third voyage in an attempt to find Saguenay a land rumored to be full of gold and treasure in modern day Canada. |
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Jacques Cartier sets sail for his second voyage to North America with 3 ships, 110 men and the abducted boys of Chief Donnacona, who he returns. |
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Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Island. |
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Jacques Cartier is first European to see the St. Lawrence River. |
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In search of the Northwest Passage to Asia, Jacques Cartier encounters Newfoundland and begins exploration. |
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Jacques Cartier was assigned the mission of "undertaking the voyage of this kingdom to the New Lands to discover certain islands and countries where there are said to be great quantities of gold and other riches" |
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Jacques Cartier is born in Saint-Malo, France. |
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