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  2. Kingdom of Saguenay - Wikipedia

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    The Dauphin Map of Canada, circa 1543, showing the discoveries of Jacques Cartier. In 1986 the American historian Samuel Eliot Morison wrote about the search for the Kingdom of Saguenay by explorers in the time period between 1538 and 1543, during which France regarded the search as a means to an end. France had paid for Cartier's third voyage ...

  3. Jacques Cartier - Wikipedia

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    Jacques Cartier [a] (Breton: Jakez Karter; 31 December 1491 – 1 September 1557) was a French-Breton maritime explorer for France.Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map [3] the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas" [citation needed] after the Iroquoian names for the two big settlements he saw at Stadacona ...

  4. Vicuña wool - Wikipedia

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    After sorting the wool, the down hairs are spun into yarn and woven or knitted into textiles. The surface of woven fabrics is often roughened with a raising card to create a softer feel, higher volume and greater thermal insulation [ 11 ] Vicuña wool is considered the rarest and most expensive legal wool in the world; in 2010, raw wool traded ...

  5. List of French explorers - Wikipedia

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    Jacques Cartier (North America) Philippe de Corguilleray ; Joseph de La Roche Daillon (North America) François Le Grout du Closneuf (Indian Ocean)

  6. Henri Membertou - Wikipedia

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    Chief Henri Membertou (c. 1507 – 18 September 1611) was the sakmow (Grand Chief) of the Mi'kmaq First Nations tribe situated near Port Royal, site of the first French settlement in Acadia, present-day Nova Scotia, Canada.

  7. Timeline of New France history (1534–1607) - Wikipedia

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    1534 - On July 24, Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and claims it for France. 1535 - Cartier's expedition sails along the St. Lawrence River and stops in a little bay he names Baie Saint-Laurent on August 10. 1535 - On September 6, Cartier is the first European to discover L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Quebec.

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