Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier (Breton: Jakez Karter; 31 December 1491 – 1 September 1557) was a French explorer and navigator of origin.

In 1534, Cartier became the first European to travel inland on the North American continent, sailing along the Saint Lawrence River with the assistance of Iroquois natives. He would discover the island later known as Anticosti, naming it Isle de l'Assomption and declaring it to be "strange and cursed".

When Cartier asked a group of natives about the name of their village, they referred to it as Kanata. This led Cartier to call the region "Canada".

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 * Assassin's Creed: Rogue