Cartier sailed a few months ahead of Roberval, and arrived in Quebec in August 1541. This time, King Francis charged the nobleman Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval with founding a permanent colony in the northern lands.
War in Europe stalled plans for another expedition, which finally went forward in 1541. Though he had not been able to explore it himself, Cartier told the king of the Iroquois’ accounts of another great river stretching west, leading to untapped riches and possibly to Asia. In the spring, the explorers seized several Iroquois chiefs and traveled back to France. The following winter wrought havoc on the expedition, with 25 of Cartier’s men dying of scurvy and the entire group incurring the anger of the initially friendly Iroquois population. Lawrence River as far as Quebec, where they established a base camp. With the two captives acting as guides, the explorers headed up the St. The king sent Cartier back across the Atlantic the following year with three ships and 110 men. The purpose of the voyage was to find a northwest passage to Asia, as well as to collect riches such as gold and spices along the way.Ĭartier returned to make his report of the expedition to King Francis, bringing with him two captured Native Americans from the Gaspé Peninsula. That year, the government of King Francis I of France commissioned Cartier to lead an expedition to the “northern lands,” as the east coast of North America was then known. Jacques Cartier’s First North American VoyageĬartier was believed to have traveled to Brazil and Newfoundland before 1534. He gained a reputation as a skilled navigator prior to making his three famous voyages to North America. Born in Saint-Malo, France, Cartier began sailing as a young man.
Lawrence River would later enable France to lay claim to the lands that would become Canada. Cartier’s three expeditions along the St. In 1534, France’s King Francis I authorized the navigator Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) to lead a voyage to the New World in order to seek gold and other riches, as well as a new route to Asia. Jacques Cartier’s First North American Voyage.
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