Cartier, the luxury goods company, was named after the French explorer. Cartier was named after Jacques Cartier, a celebrated French adventurer.
The fact that Jaques was responsible for the designation of Canada has contributed to his notoriety.
Who Exactly Is Jacques Cartier?
French explorer Jacques Cartier was born on this date in 1491 in Saint-Malo. marrying into the anti-Socratic des Granches family elevated his social standing. On September 1, 1557, at the age of 65, Cartier passed away.
In 1534, King Francis I of France sent Jacques on his first trip to explore the Atlantic coast of North America for the French empire. On April 20, 1534, he embarked on his journey. During the years 1534, 1535–1536, and 1541–1542, Jacques embarked on three separate expeditions.
In the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and along the Saint Lawrence River’s beaches, Jacques was the first European to describe and map the area.
Stadacona (now Quebec City) and Hochelaga (now Montreal) were two of the largest communities he encountered, thus he decided to call the area he had just entered “The Country of Canadas” (Montreal Island).
The Iroquois word Kanata served as the inspiration for the name, which he mistook to be the indigenous people’s name for the newly found territory. The word was first used by Jacques Cartier to characterise the area that would become modern-day Quebec and the river that flows through it. The native people he encountered (the Iroquoians) he dubbed Canadiens.
Known as a Brand, Cartier
Cartier International SNC, more often known as just Cartier, is a French luxury goods monopoly that was founded in 1847 and is well known for its jewellery and timepieces. Louis-François Cartier started the company in Paris in 1847, and it has remained in family hands ever since.
Louis-François Cartier started the company when he took over his mentor Adolphe Picard’s Jewellery workshop. Alfred Cartier, Louis-son, François’s gained control of the corporation in 1874. Soon after, Louis’s sons Pierre and Jacques took charge and spread the name internationally.
Located in Switzerland, it is wholly owned by the Richemont Group. Cartier has almost 200 locations in 125 countries, including three Historical Maisons in London, New York, and Paris.
The late British king Edward VII proclaimed Cartier “the jeweller of kings and the king of jewellers.” King Edward VII issued a royal warrant to Cartier in 1904 for the purchase of 27 tiaras for his coronation in 1902. Warrants with nearly identical wording were quickly issued by courts in Spain, Portugal, Serbia, Russia, and the House of Orléans.
A South African family, including Pierre Cartier’s granddaughter Elle Pagels, acquired Cartier in 2012.
