Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier
Also Known As:	"Jakez Karter"
Birthdate:	September 23, 1491
Birthplace:	Saint-Malo, Bretagne, France
Death:	September 01, 1557 (65) Saint-Malo, Bretagne, France (epidemic)
Immediate Family:	Son of Jacques Jamet Cartier and Giseline Jansert Husband of Marie-Catherine des Granches Father of Mom LeClaire Brother of Jeanne Cartier; L'Enfant Cartier; Lucas Cartier; Bertheline Cartier and Pierre Cartier Half brother of Pierre Cartier and Charles Cartier
Occupation:	Navigateur, explorateur; sailor, explorer, sea captain, master pilot, explorer of St. Lawrence R., explorer & navigator

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Jacques CARTIER in France, Vital Records Index

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Location info: Bretagne, France (birth,death)
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Quebec History, Marianopolis College
Postes Canada a émis sept timbres en l'honneur de Cartier de 1855 à 1984.
LE JEUNE, L., « Jacques Cartier », dans Dictionnaire Général de biographie, histoire, littérature, agriculture, commerce, industrie et des arts, sciences, mours, coutumes, institutions politiques et religieuses du Canada, Vol. 1, Ottawa, Université d'Ottawa, 1931, 862p., pp. 313-314.

About Saint-Malo: Do not add "Ille-et-Vilaine" to the location. Ille-et-Vilaine is a departement that was created only in 1790.
About date of birth: Jacques' actual date of birth has been an enduring controversy. Historians now agree that he was born between June7 and December 23, 1491. (Source: Le Jeune)
Jacques Cartier was commissioned by King Francis I of France to go to The New World. On June 24, 1534, Cartier (with three ships) landed in what is now Canada (the Gaspe Peninsula), planted a cross there, and claimed the land for France.

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1491	September 23, 1491	Birth of Jacques Cartier Saint-Malo, Bretagne, France
1557	September 1, 1557 Age 65	Death of Jacques Cartier Saint-Malo, Bretagne, France
????		Birth of Mom LeClaire

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