David Kirke captured an area explored by Jacques Cartier, what was it called?
New France New France (French: "Nouvelle-France" ) was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763.
HMS Grenville (1754) HMS "Grenville, was a schooner built in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and originally named Sally". The ship was purchased and renamed "Grenville" by England on 7 August 1763 in Newfoundland. From 1763 to 1767 English surveyor and explorer James Cook was commander of "Grenville", his first independent command. Each summer season he used the ship to survey the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador, making detailed maps. The following year, 1768, he began his first circumnavigation of the world.