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Jacques Cartier

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Personal Background

• Who was Jacque Cartier?

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Sponsor

• Jacques Cartier was sponsored by the King of
  France. In 1534 the French king sent an
  experienced sailor and navigator, Jacques
  Cartier, to find the Northwest Passage.

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Motives

• Jacques Cartiers motives was to..
• Sprea
• Spread Claim Land
  Find Riches
• Religion to find a route to Asia
  To Find Riches

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Motives Continued

• They thought that because they where trying to
  reach Chinas riches. They tried sailing across
  North America. But no one had yet looked for a
  passage like this. In 1534 he claimed the
  surrounding land for France.

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Dates Of Exploration

Jacques Cartiers Dates of Exploration was
1534-1542 . In 1541, the King sent Cartier and
some settlers on a third voyage, to set up a
French empire in North America. Cartier more than
100 settlers. After enduring a harsh Winter,
Cartier and the settlers gave up.
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Route Of Exploration

• Jacques Cartier followed the route along the St.
  Lawrence River. He entered a large gulf though a
  narrow water way between two large land areas he
  claimed the surrounding land for France. The
  next year King Frances sent Cartier back to map
  the water way. Cartier reached the waterways
  mouth on the Catholic feast day of St. Lawrence.
  So Cartier named the river the St . Lawrence.

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Impact

• Jacques Cartier had an impact on new land for
  France, he made settlements ,and new maps for
  the future explorers.