Essays on Jacques Cartier

On July 24, 1534, Jacques Cartier erected at the mouth of Gaspe harbour and placed a thirty foot cross in the name of France. Cartiers traffic sign had pointed the way for explorers, missionaries, traders and settler who had gradually changed, dispersed, and enclosed the…

Tangled up in internal warfare, France was a late-comer onto the international exploration scene. Their emergence into overseas exploration was rocky from the start with much of the land already divided between Spain and Portugal. The French experienced more challenges with the first voyages of…

The Foundations of New France In New France’s history we have many important figures that helped to bring New France to reality such as Jacques Cartier who came first and Samuel de Champlain who came later. However we only recognize one as the Father of…