New France: Jacques Cartier 3rd Voyage and Roberval's Colony (1541-1543)

07/13/21 • 41 min

The Other States of America: History Podcast

After five years of war and waiting Cartier is given a commission to plant a colony in the New World, only to be usurped by nobleman named Roberval; a dreaded Huguenot. Both men would search for the mystical Kingdom of Saguenay, The Natives finally attack, a woman is abandoned on an island full of polar bears. The French build their first settlement in North America decades before St. Augustine, Jamestown and Plymouth.

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