Cartier claims Canada for France
1534 · Event
Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé shore and sails up the St Lawrence the next year to Hochelaga — carrying home a Iroquoian word for village: kanata.
On these timelines: Canada, Master, Age of Exploration, France
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