Jacques Cartier Research Paper

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Canada has become a nation of a few different cultures, thanks to different events that have occurred throughout history that has helped from British and French nations.

Canada was first discovered in 1534 by a French mariner who whom was Jacques Cartier (Quartier). Born on the 31st of December 1491 till the 1st of September 1557. After the Duchy of Brittany was formally united Cartier was introduced to King Francis 1 by Jean Le Veneur. He set sail for a mission by the commission to hopefully discover a western passage for wealthy markets in Asia. After setting sail it only took Cartier 20 days to get across the ocean that now famously destination the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Canadian Atlantic provinces.

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