Jacques cartier early life biography sample

16th century was a period of time when many European explorers set their sights on exploring vast new lands and continents that were discovered over entire world. The most accessible continent of North America received large amounts of attention in those early years of “Golden Age of Discovery”. One of the most famous and well-remembered French explorers from that time was Jacques Cartier () who made three journeys to the North America and claimed what is today known as Canada for France.

Jacques Cartier was born in in Saint-Malo, coastal city on the north west of Brittany, France. He spent first 30 years of his life as a respectable sailor, but his status rose greatly in when he married Mary Catherine des Granches who came from the rich and influential family. After Duchy of Brittany was formally united with the France in , King Francis I ordered new wave of naval exploration of North American continent and search for “western passage” to the markets