What are the specialities of Jacques Cartier’s second voyage?

               Jacques Cartier set sail on a second voyage on May 19th, 1535 with three ships and one hundred men to Canada. Cartier’s instructions were to explore further inland, and to discover the riches rumoured to exist in the kingdoms of the newly explored land.

               Jacques Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence’s as far as Quebec and established a base near a native village.

               He learnt from the natives that there were two rivers leading further west to the interior. They went search of the rivers, and reached Sainte-Marie. Unfortunately, the river was blocked by rapids.

               Jacques Cartier’s fleet then started preparing for the winter, stacking food and firewood. Throughout the winter, the French fleet lay frozen solid at the mouth of the St. Charles River, under the Rock of Quebec. To add to their struggles, scurvy broke out, killing many crew members.

               In May 1536, Cartier decided to return to France. He took the chief of Donnacona, a native village, to France to narrate the tales about the ‘Kingdom of Saguenay’, said to be full of treasures.

               Thus, Jacques Cartier returned to France after long days of voyage.