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Jacques Cartier was a French explorer most famous for exploring the St. Lawrence and giving the country Canada its name.

He was born December 31st, 1491 in Saint-Malo, Brittany, in France.

Jacques Cartier is believed to have made several trips to the Americas before King Francis I of France sent him on his first voyage to North America in 1534.

His goal was to search for riches and a passage to Asia, but he landed on the west coast of Newfoundland.

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