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After appropriate religious ceremonies in the cathedral of St. Malo, in which Chabot participated, Cartier sailed for America. He left St. Malo on a bright afternoon (April 20, 1534), with a crew of one hundred and twenty men in each of his vessels. The voyage was prosperous, and with generally fair winds he reached the eastern coast of Newfoundland in twenty days. Then he sailed northward, entered the Straits of Belle Isle, and touching the coast of Labrador, he formally took possession of the country in the name of his king by planting a cross and hanging upon it the arms of France. The natives, who had been fishing near, gathered around the Frenchmen in considerable numbers, with their chief, and looked with wonder as the mariners raised that symbol of the atonement made of the trunk of a tree, and thirty feet in height. The shield they hung upon it bore the lilies of France--the royal insignia--and over it they carved, in antique letters, Vive le Roi de France!--"Live the King of France."
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Cartier-Bresson's early work, done in France, Italy, Spain, Morocco, and Mexico in 1932-4, betrays his earlier artistic interests. To the hunger for raw experience that led him to travel incessantly he wedded a love of the instant, and principles derived from Cubism and Surrealism—spatial play between two and three dimensions, and a search for the psychologically revealing detail. This is most evident in his choice of subject matter: lives of the marginal and the dispossessed inhabiting the insalubrious neighbourhoods of Old World cities. The results evade reductive labels such as ‘social documentary’. Cartier-Bresson developed a uniquely lyrical, humanitarian, documentary style known commonly as ‘reportage’.
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After spending two days among the St. Lawrence Iroquoians of Hochelaga, Cartier returned to Stadacona on October 11. It is not known exactly when Cartier decided to spend the winter of 1535-1536 in Stadacona, and it was by then too late to return to France. Cartier and his men prepared for the winter by strengthening their fort, stacking firewood, and salting down game and fish.
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The awards, an annual distinction supporting innovative woman-led business projects, were created by Cartier and the Women's Forum for the Economy and Society. The program honors five innovative business projects from women, one per continent, and awards each with a $20,000 (US) grant and coaching support for one year. The 2007 Award ceremony was held on October 11, 2007, at the Women's Forum in Deauville, France.
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