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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 ...
Creation of Les Maisons de Cartier tableware (porcelain, crystal and silver). 1988 – Launch of the fourth New Jewellery collection on the theme of Egypt. 1989 – Launch of the Tank Américaine watch. The Art of Cartier, the first major retrospective in Paris, was held at the Petit Palais. 1995 – Creation of the Pasha C watch in steel ...
In June 2006, Cartier introduced the Love charity bracelet, a version consisting of a silk cord and a golden ring bearing the word LOVE. Cartier donates $150 from the sale of each bracelet to a variety of charities, each backed by a celebrity. The 2009 version of the charity bracelet was promoted by actress Eva Mendes. [8]
Jean-Jacques Cartier (1920–2010), who married Lydia Baels (1920–1990), a daughter of Henri Baels. Lydia's sister, Lilian, Princess of Réthy was the wife of King Leopold III of Belgium. [3] Alfred Harjes Cartier (1922–1974), who married Elizabeth Conn (1911–1976) in 1945. [8] Cartier died on 10 September 1941 in Dax, Landes in Occupied ...
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Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare (1932). Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare is a black and white photograph taken by French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris in 1932. The photograph has been printed at variable dimensions; the print donated by Cartier-Bresson to the Museum of Modern Art is listed at 35.2 × 24.1 cm. [1] It is one of his best known and more critically acclaimed photographs and ...
Pierre Camille Cartier (March 10, 1878 – October 27, 1964) [1] was a French jeweler. He was one of three sons of Alfred Cartier and the brother of Jacques Cartier and Louis Cartier . Pierre's grandfather, Louis-François Cartier had taken over the jewelry workshop of his teacher Adolphe Picard , in 1847, thereby founding the famous Cartier ...