Jacques Cartier Research Paper

Jacques Cartier had 3 major explorations. His first exploration was when King Francis the 1st of France commissioned Cartier to lead an expedition to the Northern Lands which the East Coast is today known as. The purpose was to find a Northern passage to Asia and to bring back spices and goods. He left port from St. Malo in April of 1534 with 2 ships and 61 men he and his crew arrived 20 days later. In this first expedition, Cartier discovered and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. As they passed the Baie de Gaspé, a group of Natives was sighted on shore and. After stopping, Cartier met Chief Donnacona of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians. Gifts were traded and given and they made a friendship however, when Cartier put up a cross with, Long live the King …show more content…
Cartier told the chief that the cross was simply a placeholder so they could find their way back to the chief and tricked Donnacona and his 3 sons aboard the ship only to take 2 of the sons’ captive. He told the chief that he intended to take the men to France as proof of the New World, but said that they would be returned. Donnacona had no choice but to let his sons go and returned to shore questioning if he had seen his sons for the last time. Donnacona's sons, Dom Agaya and Taignoagny sailed with Cartier. On September 5th, Cartier arrived and presented the hostages and the gifts from Chief Donnacona to the King. Cartier was quickly given a new commission to return to the New World the following year. During their forced stay in France, Dom Agaya and Taignoagny learned some French so so there were able to speak a …show more content…
He had been told to go to find villages of Stadacona and Hochelaga. The route to Stadacona brought Cartier into the St. Lawrence River, which Cartier's most known exploration. On September 7, Cartier landed at l'Île d'Orléans near Quebec. He was met by Chief Donnacona, who was happy to see his sons. There French king gave some gifts but Donncona was not satisfied and felt betrayed. October 2, 1535, Cartier landed on a island.when he landed on the island, Cartier found that there was a the Iroquoian village of Hochelaga. The Hochelaga tribe was excited to meet with Cartier. Gifts were given and a feast was planned. During their talks, Cartier was shown a plant which was smoked.Cartier had discovered tobacco. He also found the tribe was relatively easy to convert to Christianity. As winter of came, Cartier set sail from Hochelaga and tried to make it back to France before river froze over but to Cartier horror it froze over and he only made it back Chief Donnacona's village of Stadacona. So he had to spend a few weeks at Donnaconas’s villiage. During the winter, Stadacona had a pandemic of scurvy. There French were blamed for bringing the disease so Donnacona ended all friendly relations. By the end of that year, 50 of Donnacona’s men had died and Cartier's crew was also affected heavily. In 1536

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