dec 30, 1533 - Jacques Cartier
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Cartier was believed to have traveled to Brazil and Newfoundland before 1534. That year, the government of King Francis I commissioned Cartier to lead an expedition to the “northern lands,” as the east coast of North America was then known. The purpose of the voyage was to find a northern passage to Asia, as well as to collect riches such as gold and spices along the way.
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