jean-françois de la rocque lord de roberval

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Jean-François de la Rocque lord de Roberval

born 1500, Carcassonne, France died 1560/61, Paris French colonizer in Canada. He was a member of the court of Francis I. Appointed lieutenant general of the North American territory discovered earlier by Jacques Cartier, he was sent to colonize the region. In 1542 he reached Cartier's former headquarters at Cap Rouge, near present-day Quebec. Cartier was to have served as his guide, but he had left in 1541. The settlement was short-lived, breaking up in 1543 after a harsh winter. Mineral wealth that Roberval brought back turned out to be fool's gold and mica

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jean-françois de la rocque Lord de Ro-ber-val