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birth information :
Jacques Cartier  was born in 1491, December 23, his birthplace was St Malo which is a fishing place in france. he grew up in St malo on the Brittany coast of France.

Childhood experiences:
Almost nothing is known of his early life before his famous explorations. . So he  probably learned navigational skills and seafaring early in life.

Family:
He had a wife named Mary Catherine des Granches, His father's name was Jamet Cartier, His mother is named Geffline Jansart, and he also had a sister named Berteline Cartier, Lucas Cartier was his brother, and his other sister was named Jehanne Cartier.

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Education:
There is little information about the early life of Jacques Cartier but he would have been well educated and would have studied cartography, navigation, astronomy, mathematics and seamanship in his early life to be an explorer.

Job before exploring:
Jacques Cartier began sailing as a young child/teen . He gained a reputation as a skilled navigator prior to making his three famous voyages to North America.

Accomplishments:
A big accomplishment for Jacques Cartier was naming Canada, Jacques Cartier named Canada after the Iroquois word "settlement".  Jacques Cartier was the first European to navigate the St. Lawrence River.

Facts about Jacques Cartier:
Jacques Cartier was the first European to navigate the St. Lawrence River, Cartier is also credited with naming Canada.

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Jacques Cartier's first voyage was Canada in North America, he went in april on the 20th of 1534. The purpose of the voyage was to find a northwest passage to Asia, as well as to collect goodies  such as gold and spices along the way. During that first expedition, he explored the western coast of Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence as far as today's Anticosti Island, which Cartier called Assomption. He is also credited with the discovery of what is now known as Prince Edward Island.  When Jacques Cartier went on his first voyage he had to face some challenges like the time when his companions had gotten scurvy during one of his voyages. The scurvy had killed 25 of his crew members. When the Iroquois had heard this, they were no longer friendly to Cartier, 35 of his crew members were killed by the Iroquois but there was no war. The natives that Jacques Cartier met were called the Iroquois Nation, Cartier forced Native-American guides to accompany him and headed northwest to Anticosti Island.

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On Jacques Cartier's second voyage he aimed to go to Canada once again to see the St Lawrence river. He went on May 19 in 1535-1536 he went with three ships, 110 men, and his two Iroquoian captives. Reaching the St. Lawrence river, he sailed upriver for the first time, and reached the Iroquoian capital of Stadacona.  But this time King Francis I of France  ordered Jacques to find spices and gold. King Francis sent him because of his first voyage because he got famous after that.  This voyage was 15 months and probably felt like forever.

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Jacques Cartier's third and last voyage 

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Jacques Cartier's third and last voyage 

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Jacques Cartier going on his last voyage he once aimed to go to Canada for the third time but he went to the city of Quebec. He went in May 23 1541 and went to Quebec because he thought there was lots of gold and diamonds.  The goals were now to find the "Kingdom of Saguenay" and its riches, and to establish a permanent settlement along the St. Lawrence River. When he went he went with 5 ships and the voyage lasted three months.