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King Cartier's Voyage

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Cartier was a french explorer. He had many voyages in his life, his voyage allowing him to claim land that would be Canada is his best voyage. But, he did have more. His first voyage was to North America in 1534 when King Francis the first sent him on a trip to North America. His orders was to search for gold and other riches and a passage to Asia. He sailed with two Ships and sixty-one men. He arrived twenty days later and started exploring the west coast of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island. Then continued through the St. Lawrence River. When returning back to France, his King was impressed about what he had done. So, the king sent Cartier with three ships and 110 men back to North America for his second voyage. Cartier and his crew

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