When was jacques cartier first voyage

Gifts were exchanged and a friendly alliance was set up. It was quite obvious to Cartier that the Natives had had some previous dealings with Europeans. They were interested in trading and wanted knives and hatchets. However, the only thing they had to trade back was animal furs which, although accepted, were not of any great value in Europe. Later, however, when Cartier erected a metre foot wooden cross with a fleur-de-lys shield and plaque with 'Vive le Roi de France' 'Long live the King of France' engraved on it and knelt in prayer, Donnacona became upset and approached Cartier's ship in a canoe.

Using signs, he indicated to the Frenchmen that all the land around belonged to him and his people. Cartier assured the chief that the cross was simply a 'marker' so they could find their way back to the chief and lured Donnacona and his 3 sons aboard the ship only to take 2 of the sons hostage. This official voyage may not have been Cartier's first excursion across the Atlantic -- it's possible that he had gone to Newfoundland as a sailor before his voyages of discovery.

But on April 20th, , Cartier left St. Malo on a sure course for Newfoundland. Arriving on May 10, he passed through the fishing waters off its shores, then went north, through the Straits of Belle Isle. Cartier was in new territory now, searching for a waterway that he presumed would deliver him to Asia, but he could barely penetrate Northern America's eastern coast. Venetia Cartier -- shown in profile in one portrait, as hawk-nosed, dressed as a nobleman, almost scowling -- had a poor opinion of the new land.

He couldn't see a cartload of soil; it was a barren, unwelcoming place. Cartier meticulously marked each new bay and promontory on his charts: Baie des Chasteaux, Ile de l'Assumption, Baie du St. Fearing the consequences of this discontent, Cartier lied, describing the cross as an insignificant landmark. After navigating the strait separating Anticosti Island from the north shore, he set off again for Saint-Malo, where he landed on September 5.

The St. Lawrence River had not been discovered. Jacques Cartier arrived in France with two precious trophies: Domagaya and Taignoagny, the sons of Donnacona, whom he had convinced to come with him.

They told him of the St. Fifty days after putting to sea, a first vessel laid anchor off the shores of Newfoundland. On July 26 the convoy was reunited, and exploration could begin again. On August 10, the day of St. Leaving the ship in Lake Saint-Pierre, he proceeded in a small craft to the Iroquois village, where he arrived on October 2. There were nearly 2, people living there. The island and village were overlooked by a mountain, which he named mount Royal. Lawrence for a time, he turned back, then headed south following the west coast of Newfoundland.

Then, sailing toward the continent, he deduced the existence of the Cabot Street, skirted the Magdalen Islands, rounded the northern tip of Prince Edward Island, and put in at Chaleur Bay.

Believing he had discovered the passage to Asia, he travelled to the head of the bay, but then had to backtrack.