FTP, identify this mariner, whose explorations of the North American coast and the St. Lawrence River laid the basis for later French claims to Canada.
A recent diary indicates that he probably sailed to Brazil on his second voyage.  On his first voyage he left Saint-Malo with two ships and 61 men and went as far as Anticosti Island.  His return and subsequent report piqued the interest of Francis I, who sent him back the next year.  After encountering trouble from the Iroquois, he was supposed to set up a base to be colonized by Jean Roberval in 1541.  FTP, identify this mariner, whose explorations of the North American coast and the St. Lawrence River laid the basis for later French claims to Canada.
A recent diary indicates that he probably sailed to Brazil on his second voyage.  
Jacques Cartier