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Jacques Cartier (c. 1491–1557) was a French navigator from Saint-Malo, Brittany, who led three expeditions (1534, 1535–36, 1541–42) commissioned by King Francis I to find a northwest passage to Asia and to seek riches. He explored the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River, mapping large stretches of what is now eastern Canada, visiting the Iroquoian villages of Stadacona and Hochelaga (near present-day Quebec City and Montreal). Cartier claimed the region for France, brought several Indigenous people to France, and is credited with popularizing the name "Canada" (from the Iroquoian word kanata, meaning village). His voyages laid groundwork for later French colonization, though his attempts to establish permanent settlements failed and his interactions with Indigenous peoples included coercion and led to harmful consequences.

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Jacques Cartier (c.1491–1557), a navigator from Saint-Malo, led three expeditions (1534, 1535–36, 1541–42) for King Francis I that explored and mapped the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River, visiting Iroquoian villages Stadacona and Hochelaga (near present-day Quebec City and Montreal). He claimed the region for France, helped popularize the name "Canada" (from kanata), brought some Indigenous people to France, and—though his voyages paved the way for later French colonization—his settlement attempts failed and his interactions with Indigenous peoples included coercion and harm.