Posted by MADHURI.M.S on July 11, 2014, 8:09 p.m.
JACQUES CARTIER CARRIED OUT THREE EXPEDITIONS TO CANADA IN 1534,1535,AND 1541. THE FRENCH EXPLORER FOLLOWED HIS DREAM OF FINDING A NORTHWEST PASSAGE TO THE PACIFIC THROUGH NORTH AMERICA.HOWEVER HE FAILED TO FIND IT.BUT HE BECAME FAMOUS FOR NAMING CANADA.CARTIER PAVED THE WAY FOR FRENCH EXPLORATION OF NORTH AMERICA.HE SAILED INLAND,SIXTEEN HUNDRED KILOMETERS UP THE ST.LAWRENCE RIVER. 'KANATA' MEANS VILLAGE OR SETTLEMENTIN THE HURON-IROQUOIS LANGUAGE.