ular song, _O Canada! Mon Pays, Mes
Amours!_ For biog., _see_ David, _Esquisse Biographique_; Morgan, _Cel.
Can._: Taylor, _Brit. Am._: Dent. _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_;
Turcotte, _Sir G. E. Cartier_.
=Cartier, Jacques= (1491-1557). In 1534, sailing out of St. Malo, made
his first voyage to the New World, entering the Gulf of St. Lawrence by
way of the Straits of Belle Isle, landing on the Gaspe shore, and
coasting around the eastern end of Anticosti. Returned to France. The
following year again sailed to the gulf, and entered the river St.
Lawrence. Continuing his voyage, passed the mouth of the Saguenay, and
landed on the Island of Orleans, which he named Ile Bacchus. Brought his
little ships into the St. Charles River, upon whose banks stood the
Indian village of Stadacone. After exploring the St. Lawrence as far as
the Indian town of Hochelaga (Montreal), returned to Stadacone, where he
wintered. In the spring of 1536 sailed back to France, taking with him
the Iroquois chief, Donnacona. In 1541, made a third voyage to Canada.
Roberval was to have followed with a number of colonists, but did not
actually sail until the spring of 1542. When he reached Newfoundland, he
met Cartier on his way home. Roberval's colony proved disastrous, and
Cartier undertook a fourth voyage to the New World to rescue the
survivors. =Index=: =Ch= Names Hare Island, 13; ravages of scurvy among
his men, 23; finds a remedy in the plant _aneda_, 29; Membertou pretends
to have met him in 1534, 36; his winter quarters identified by
Champlain, 44-45; his Riviere de Fouez identified as the St. Maurice,
52. =F= His voyages, 1; attempt at colonization, 2. =L= With his men,
receives communion from bishop of St. Malo, 7. =C= Sir Georges E.
Cartier a descendant of the explorer's family, 3. =Bib.=: For a complete
list of the original editions of Cartier's voyages, _see_ Harrisse,
_Notes pour Servir_, etc. Tross, Paris, reprinted them as follows:
D'Avezac, _Bref Recit et Succinte Narration de la Navigation Faite par
le Capitaine Jacques Cartier aux Iles de Canada_, etc. (1863); Michelant
et Rame, _Voyage de Jacques Cartier au Canada en 1534_ (1865); Michelant
et Rame, _Relation Originale, du Voyage de Jacques Cartier au Canada en
1534_ (1867). The first English version is that of Florio (1580). In
1600 Hakluyt included a more accurate translation in his _Principal
Navigations_. H. B. Stephen's essay, _Jacques Cartier and his Voyages to
Canada_,
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