Jauques Cartier was born on December 31st 1491, in St. Malo, Brittany. Jauques a french explorer of Breton, has claimed what now is 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. In 1520 he married Mary Catherine des Granches. Jauques went on 3 voyages. The first voyage was on April 20 1534 to look for the north west passage. His second voyage was the next year to further investigate the so called Asia coast lines he had found the year before.Though he had found the coast lines of Canada. His third and finale voyage was on October 17, 1540 as he was leader of the expedition. Jauques died at age 65 or 66 on September 1 1557 from an epidemic.
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