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.
Zélée Rocks Zélée Rocks ( ) is a group of rocks, some of which are above water and others near the surface, lying in Bransfield Strait 17 nmi north of Prime Head, the north tip of Antarctic Peninsula. They were discovered by the French expedition of 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him after one of the expedition's ships, the corvette "Zélée".