Jacques Cartier Second Voyage was his most successful
King Francis I dispatched Jacques Cartier on a second expedition after learning that his mission had been a success, this time with three ships and 110 men. This time, Cornier traveled up the St. Lawrence River, which had never been visited by a European before, further north. He eventually made it to Stadacona, the Iroquoian capital. The inhabitants of what is now known as Montreal, Quebec, welcomed him with open arms when he arrived there on his tiniest ship. He never went any further because the rapids in the river prevented him from going any further.
The Grande Hermine (the Great Stoat), the Petite Hermine (the Lesser Stoat), and the Émérillon were the names of the three vessels (the Merlin). River navigation has been made possible with the Émérillonhad. They departed from Brittany at the middle of May 1535, and it took them 50 days to get to Newfoundland. They crossed the Gulf and proceeded upstream on the "Canada River" (eventually known as the St. Lawrence River), following the same route as the previous year. The French chose to spend the winter there and made their home at the mouth of the St. Charles River given the scope of their intended excursions. Jacques Cartier opted to keep sailing up the river toward Hochelaga, which is now Montreal, against the advice of chief Donnacona. Hochelaga was reached by Cartier on October 2, 1535. Other Iroquoian people he encountered there intrigued Cartier with the idea of a sea in the heart of the nation. Relations with the indigenous population in Stadacona (Quebec) had worsened by the time Cartier returned.
The harsh Canadian winters caught the French fleet off guard on its second journey, and they also had to deal with an outbreak of scurvy. After escaping this, Cartier and his crew spent the next 14 months traveling back to France. Many people consider his second journey to be the best of his three which is one of the interesting facts about Jacques Cartier.
