Jacques Cartier, 1848. Artist: Theophile Hamel, National Archives of Canada C-11226 The King hoped Cartier would find a new passage to the Orient, by a route around or through the North American ...

Jacques Cartier's first ... chief's sons described it as a lengthy route into the interior that no one had explored to the end. It sounded like the passage Cartier was seeking, but he didn't ...