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Jacques Cartier: New Land for the French KingIntroductionJacques CartierBorn 1491, died 1557
Jacques Cartier went to Canada three times, in 1534, 1535 and 1541. He is credited with being the first European discoverer of the St. Lawrence River and the first European to make a map of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. He gave Canada its name, after he mistook the Mohawk word for village (kana:ta') as the name of the whole land.
Canada -- a Mistake!
Another Mistake!
Want to Trade? The Illustrated History of Canada. Edited by Craig Brown. Toronto: Lester Pub., ©1991, 1987, p. 74.
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