2. Jacques Cartier By: Nia Green, Krislyn Kelly, Noah Gross, Carter Norwood

3. Jacques Cartier’s Journey (yay)!

4. Interesting facts In 1534,France’s King Francis I authorized the navigator Jacques Cartier ( 1491-1557 ) to lead a voyage to the new World in order to seek gold and other riches, as well as a new route to Asia.The expedition then sailed inland, going 1,000 miles up the St. Lawrence River.

5. Cool interesting facts He was 20 when he got married to Katherine des Granches in 1519. He crossed the atlantic in 20 days. Jacques cartier was born on December 31,1491 He explored in 1534 the king of France wanted a French sailor to explore North America. The king wanted him to search for gold and for