WHY HE EXPLORED:
In 1534 the King of France wanted a French sailor to explore North America. The King wanted him to search for gold and for a passage to Asia. Cartier never discovered gold or a passage to Asia.

INTERESTING FACTS AND DETAILS:

• In 1491 Cartier was born in St. Malo, France.
• He was looking for a passage to China.
• He crossed the Atlantic in twenty days.
• Cartier met a 200-person party of Hurons.
• When his men got scurvy he cured them with white cedar bark and leaves.

SUMMARY OF EXPLORATIONS:
In 1534, Jacques Cartier sailed along the Atlantic Ocean, looking for a path through North America to East Asia. In 1535, his second voyage began when he heard of a large river further west of Newfoundland, because he hoped it would lead him to Asia. After he found out that it didn't, he headed back to France. In 1541 Cartier set out to find Saguenaing. When he discovered the land, he made a fort where his men collected some quartz and iron pyrite, (what they thought were gold and diamonds.) Soon he sailed back to France.

By Jennifer, Tanea, and Adam