. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . Jacques Cartier. * Jacques Cartier, the discoverer of Canada, was born at St. , in 1500. He was despatched to the west by Francis I, in 1534. Onthe 20th Aijril, he sailed from fcjt. 3ialo, reached ^e^vfolUldlaud on the 10th Questions.—Describe Verazzanle voyage. What led to the despatchof another expedition from Il-ance to America? Why was it opposed?Wlien, aiid from what place, did Cartier tail from Europe ? bkctch Lis Chap. V-1584.\ VOYAGllS AND DISCOVERIES. 25 of Portugal, having already sought to
. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . Jacques Cartier. * Jacques Cartier, the discoverer of Canada, was born at St. , in 1500. He was despatched to the west by Francis I, in 1534. Onthe 20th Aijril, he sailed from fcjt. 3ialo, reached ^e^vfolUldlaud on the 10th Questions.—Describe Verazzanle voyage. What led to the despatchof another expedition from Il-ance to America? Why was it opposed?Wlien, aiid from what place, did Cartier tail from Europe ? bkctch Lis Chap. V-1584.\ VOYAGllS AND DISCOVERIES. 25 of Portugal, having already sought to establish colonies there,protested against the projected expedition of Francis I, whosarcastically replied, I should like to see the clause in ourFather Adams will and testament which bequeaths to myroyal brothers alone so vast a heritage. At length, on the 20thof April, 1534, Cartier left St. Malo, a port on the coast ofBritanny, with two ships. Twenty days after, he reached acape on the Newfoundland coast, which he named Bona turned southwards for a shortdistance, and then northwards to theStrait of Belle Isle [bel-eel]. Passing through this strait, he turnedsouthwards until he reached a coast,now known as that of New Brunswick,Here, on the 9th of July, he entereda Bay, in proceeding up which, he- =^^ and his companions experienced suchZ^^ intense heat that he called it theip. <<BaiedesChaleurB. Passing north- wards out of this bay, he rounded the peninsula, and, on the24th of July, land
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