Jacques Cartier (31 December 1491 - 1 September 1557) was a French-Breton maritime explorer for France. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River. Portrait of Jacques Cartier, 16th century

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