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French Empire timeline
1534
French explorer Jacques Cartier charts the Gulf of St Lawrence and, in 1525, explores up the river as far as Montreal
1535
Cartier, welcomed by the Huron Indians, gives their island in the St Lawrence river the name of Montreal
1608
Quebec is founded by Samuel de Champlain as a centre for the French fur trade
c. 1630
Rival Dutch, English and French colonies are established in Guiana, the northeast coast of south America
1638
The French build a trading station on the estuary of the Senegal river in west Africa
1660
Louis XIV grants New France the status of a royal province and greatly increases the flow of colonists to north America
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