Illustration showing two ships on the Saint Lawrence river, called "Cartier ascending the St. Lawrence." Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) was a French explorer who claimed Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawre

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Illustration showing two ships on the Saint Lawrence river, called "Cartier ascending the St. Lawrence." Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) was a French explorer who claimed Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas," after the First Nations term for settlement.

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