By Barry Swackhamer, September 28, 2012
	1. Jacques Cartier Marker

[English translation]
The July 24, 1534 Jacques Cartier of Saint Malo Discovers the land of Canada and takes possession of New France in the name of France.
 
Marker series. This marker is included in the Markers Attached to Sculpture marker series.
 
Location. 48° 51.902′ N, 2° 18.634′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Paris. Marker is at the intersection of Cours la Reine and Avenue de Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Cours la Reine. Click for map. This marker is located at the entrance to l'jardin de la Nouveau Monde (Garden of the New World). Marker is in this post office area: Paris, Île-de-France 75008, France.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Samuel Champlain (here, next to this marker); Porte de la Conference (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); L’égoùt de Paris (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Place Louis XV (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); L’Obelisque de Luxor (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Centre français de rapatriement (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); La Premiere Liaison Radioelectrique (approx. 1.4 kilometers away); Bureau de Gustave Eiffel (approx. 1.4 kilometers away). Click for a list of all markers in Paris.

	By Barry Swackhamer, September 28, 2012
	2. Jacques Cartier Marker
	Marker on right.

 
Also see . . .  Jaques Cartier - Dictonary of Canadian Biography Online. "CARTIER, JACQUES, navigator of Saint-Malo, first explorer of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1534, discoverer of the St. Lawrence River in 1535, commander of the settlement of Charlesbourg-Royal in 1541–42." (Submitted on October 25, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California.)