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of sixty tons each, were fitted out at St. Malo, a fortified seaport of
France, for that purpose, and placed in the charge of Jacques Cartier (James
Carter), a native of that port and then in the service of the French monarch.
After
appropriate religious ceremonies in the cathedral of St. Malo, in which
Chabot participated, Cartier sailed for America.
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Limoilou
