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Story of the Week #17\r\n
Terre-Neuve expeditions - Jacques Cartier<\/h1>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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Friday August 04th 2023<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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Jacques Cartier was a 16th-century French explorer, famous for his voyages of exploration in Canada. He made three major expeditions to this region, one of which took him to Newfoundland, an island in the Atlantic Ocean to the east of Canada.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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First expedition (1534): The main objective of Cartier's first expedition was to discover a passage to Asia by sailing west.
He reached Terre-Neuve in May 1534, at Avalon Island to be precise, and then explored the Atlantic coast of Canada.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Second expedition (1535): Cartier's second expedition was more ambitious.
He sailed up the St. Lawrence River until he reached a large Iroquoian village called Stadacon\u00e9 (now Quebec City).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The explorer wintered in Stadacona before returning to France in the spring of 1536.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Third expedition (1541): For his third expedition, Cartier returned to Canada in 1541, but this time he settled on the Gasp\u00e9 coast of Quebec and built a fort called Charlesbourg-Royal.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

However, harsh conditions and disease forced Cartier and his crew to abandon the fort and return to France in 1542.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jacques Cartier's voyages are of great historical importance, as they paved the way for the French colonisation of Canada.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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His exploration of the region enabled the French to assert their presence in the New World and laid the foundations for New France, which was to become a major colony in North America.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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