Jacques Cartier Kody Forsythe Macey Messick Dillon Hicks Alex Edwards Group: Kody Forsythe Macey Messick Dillon Hicks Alex Edwards

Sponsor and Goals Sponsor: King Francis I of France Goals: To find a Northwest passage to Asia To find gold and spices in Canada

Goals continued He was sent to establish a permanent settlement along the St. Lawrence River on behalf of France. His explorations enabled France to claim land in Canada. He gained a reputation as a skilled navigator prior to making his three famous voyages to North America.

Jacques Cartier His goals were to explore and claim land for Spain, to find gold and silver, and find a short cut across North America. His results: He discovered and named Newfoundland. He discovered the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

He did not find silver or gold, he found worthless rocks that he thought was silver and gold. He went on three voyages without losing a ship. He named Canada.

background On May 19,1535 he took on his forty-fourth birthday he took three ships. The names of his ships are the Nina , Pinta , and the santa maria.

Born in Saint Malo , France His first sail to the new land. He land in 20 days after he started.