Jacques Cartier - Anjan Parani by Anjan Parani

#1. - 1491 St-Malo, France

anjanparani — 2025-10-09 01:40:22 UTC

Jacques Cartier was born in 1491.

anjanparani — 2025-10-09 01:48:28 UTC

Jacques Cartier sails from France to Asia but tries to find a Northwest Passage which goes through North America to Asia.

anjanparani — 2025-10-09 02:00:11 UTC

At that location he explored the coastline and the land near Gulf St. Lawrence, where he met lots of indigenous people.

anjanparani — 2025-10-09 02:09:55 UTC

When he arrived at his destination he claimed the land for France and took two sons from an Iroquoian chef back to France.

anjanparani — 2025-10-09 02:13:03 UTC

He had went back home to France. And he believed he had reached Asia but he had actually explored new land that would later be called Canada.