Jacques Cartier: French Explorer That Named Canada

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Arienne King
by HISTORY
published on 26 March 2021

French explorer Jacques Cartier named Canada after "kanata," the Huron-Iroquois word for settlement. Learn more about his search for a passage to East Asia and how he laid the original French claim for Canada in this video.

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