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Codice albumGBB-F-006584
found 1 risultati nell'ALBUM
Image IDGBB-F-006584-0000
1860 ca: The french explorer JACQUES CARTIER (1491 1557) with his ships the day of descovering of SAINT LAURENT RIVER in 1535. Engraving print, 1860 ca. engraved by E. Chavane, from the original painting by painter baron Gaudin (1802-1880) at Gallerie Historique de Versailles, France. Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named" The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big settlements he saw at Stadacona (Quebec City) and at Hochelaga (Montreal Island)
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