Jacques Cartier Ship, Grande Hermine, 1535

Illustration of the Grande Hermine, the most celebrated of French ships of the Galleon type; cameos of Jacques Cartier & Francis I, King of France are featured in the margins. This was the ship that brought Jacques Cartier to Saint-Pierre on June 15, 1535, and upon which he discovered the estuary of the St. Lawrence River and the St. Lawrence Iroquoian settlement of Stadacona (near current-day Quebec City).

16. JAHRHUNDERT • 16. JH. • ATLANTIK • ATLANTISCHER OZEAN • BERÜHMT • BERÜHMTE PERSÖNLICHKEIT • CARTIER • ENTDECKER • ERKUNDUNG • EUROPAEER (F M) • EUROPAEER • EUROPÄER (F M) • EUROPÄER • EUROPÄISCH • FORSCHER • FRANCIS I • GALEONE • HANDELSSCHIFF • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • KANADA • KOLONIALISMUS • KOLONIE • KOLONIST • MANN • MEER • MEERE • NOTABEL • OZEAN • PERSON • PERSöNLICHKEITEN • PERSÖNLICHKEITEN • PROMINENZ • SCHIFF: HANDELSSCHIFF • SEA • SEESTUECK (GEMAELDE) • SEGELN / HOCHSEE • WISSENSCHAFT: ENTDECKER • WISSENSCHAFT: FORSCHER