Episode 7
28:49

Cartier and Roberval's Tag Team To Colonial Failure

Published May 8, 2025

All but one of Cartier's kidnapped Stadaconans have died but he's ready to make his third voyage back to Canada. This time he's second in command to Roberval an...

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All but one of Cartier's kidnapped Stadaconans have died but he's ready to make his third voyage back to Canada. This time he's second in command to Roberval and, let's just say, they don't make a great team.

Further reading:

Jacques Cartier, The Voyages of Jacques Cartier, edited by Ramsay Cook (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993). In particular the introduction is very helpful - "Donnacona Discovers Europe: Rereading Jacques Cartier's Voyages" by Ramsay Cook

Marcel Trudel, The Beginnings of New France 1524-1663, 1973.

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Episode Info
Episode
7
Duration
28:49
Published
May 8, 2025