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THE GRANDE HERMINE OF JACQUES CARTIER—FIRST VESSEL TO ASCEND THE ST. LAWRENCE

The Grande Hermine was the largest of the three vessels with which Jacques Cartier in his second voyage (1535) successfully passed the tides and currents of Anticosti, ascended the St. Lawrence and discovered Canada. She was of the type called a carvel, the principal ocean ship of the days of Mediterranean, Spanish and Portuguese commerce. Clumsy under sail these carvels carried more people and heavier armament than the type of long open vessels which they displaced.