biography
pronunciation:
[ka(r)tyay]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1491–1557)
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| biography:
| Navigator, born in St-Malo, W France. He made three voyages of exploration to North America (1534–42), surveying the coast of Canada and the St Lawrence R, and providing the basis for later French claims in the area. |
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