27 июл 1534 г. - Jacques Cartier arrived in Quebec; attempts settlement

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- Jacques Cartier: an early French explorer to parts of Newfoundland and Quebec
- The first to map major parts of what is now Quebec City and Montreal
- Planted a cross and claimed the land in the name of France
- Kanata = Iroquois term for settlement
- Attempted to set up a colony but disease, lack of supply, and problematic relations with Iroquois led to abandonment of a settlement (kidnapped sons of Iroquoian leaders; did not go well)

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