#saintvincentcathedral

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A plaque from 1891 in Saint-Vincent Cathedral in Saint-Malo, France, proclaims that 16th century explorer Jacques Cartier received the blessing of the bishop of Saint-Malo on his departure for Canada on 16 May 1535.

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The tomb of explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) is inside Saint-Vincent Cathedral in Saint-Malo, France. Cartier was a native of Saint-Malo and the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Saint Lawrence River in Canada.