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Which European explorer is credited with discovering Prince Edward Island in 1534?
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Historians credit the French navigator Jacques Cartier with the discovery of Prince Edward Island in June 1534.12
While there is evidence that Vikings may have visited the island around 1000 CE and Basque fishers arrived in the early 1500s, and while the explorer John Cabot may have sighted the island in 1497, Cartier is the figure formally recognized for its discovery during his expedition to the region.1