Samuel de Champlain founded New France and Quebec.
Jaques Cartier (1491 - 1557) born St Malo, France, discovered the St Lawrence River and sighted Newfoundland in 1534. Much of the French claim to Canada is based on Cartier's exploration
North America was discovered by Captain Leif Ericson of Norse. He was a North American and not a French.
Samuel de Champlain first explored New France and discovered/founded Quebec and Lake Champlain (it's a great lake).
An Irish born British explorer named Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton explored Canada. There were a lot of others from different areas that explored Canada also.
Jacques Cartier was the first french explorer when he explored and mapped the St.Lawrence River.
Jacques Cartier was the first explorer to see and claim Canada for France. He was first among the Europeans to describe and map out the Saint Lawrence area.
Jacques Cartier Wrong. Jacques Cartier explored the fleuve St. Laurent, in Quebec. He traveled from France to Canada on three separate journeys, exploring what is now Quebec. He never went all the way across Canada. The first explorer to make it all the way across Canada on land was Sir Alexander MacKenzie. He reached Bella Coola, British Columbia on the 22nd of July, 1793. On a rock along the coast he carved "Alex MacKenzie from Canada by land 22d July 1973.
Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer who explored Canada and founded Quebec City and New France.
The French. French explorer Jacques Marquette was the first European to reach the Wisconsin River in 1673.
Jacques Cartier was a French navigator who explored and claimed for France. He was the first European explorer to discover the St. Lawrence River.
The Mississippi River was first discovered and explored by Hernando DeSoto, who was a Spanish explorer.
He was a French explorer, who was the first European to see Canada.
The French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle w as the first European to cross into
Who explored the land that connects the Americas and become the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Who explored the land that connects the Americas and become the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.