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).

ARTE • ATLANTICO • BARCO MERCANTE • BLANCO Y NEGRO • CANADA • CANADIENSE • CARTIER • COLONIA (TERRITORIO) • COLONIAL • COLONIALISMO • DESCUBRIDOR • DIBUJO • EUROPEA • EUROPEAS • EUROPEO • EUROPEOS • EXPLORACION • EXPLORADOR • FAMOSA • FAMOSO • FIGURA • FLOTA • FRANCES • FRANCIS I • GALEON • GENTE • HISTORIA • HISTORICO • HOMBRE • HOMBRES • ILUSTRACION • IMPORTANTE • JACQUES CARTIER • MAR • MARINA • MARINE • MASCULINO • NAVEGACION • OBRA DE ARTE • OCEANO ATLANTICO • OCEANO • PERSONA • PERSONALIDAD • PERSONALIDADES • RETRATO DE HOMBRE • REY DE FRANCIA • S. XVI • SEA • SIGLO XVI • VELA (BARCO)