Jacques+Cartier++audrey

I was born 1494 in Saint Malo, France. I studied navigation at Deppie. One of my voyages was to Newfoundland in April 20,1534. I went to find gold and bring wealth to my country. I had three ships and 120 crew men on each ship. Supplies were given to me by the king of France. The trip took 20 days. Along the way the ships got separated by rough storms. I sailed north and entered the strait of Belle Isle then we sailed south along the west coast of Newfoundland. Later we came to Gasp Bay where we found some Native Americans. The crew was friendly to them so they were nice to us. We told them about Christianity and tried to change there beliefs. The chief allowed us to take two of his sons if we returned them in a year. We were going to give them to are king as proof of there discovery. After that we headed back to France. We returned home (St. Malo, France) Sept. 5, 1534. The following year the king was so happy with the sucsess of the voyage that he sent us on another in with a larger crew and three more ships. We found land(present day Canada) and claimed it for France. There I found what I though was gold but found out was fools gold. We also found the Iroquois tribe there.The crew and I found a beautiful river as we sailed and started to explore it. We named it the St. Lawence river. Jacques Cartier died on Sept. 4, 1557 in St. Malo ,France.

by: Audrey Guinn