Historical person
Samuel de Champlain
1574–1635
Champlain took part in Atlantic and St Lawrence voyages, mapped coastlines and waterways, and founded Quebec in 1608. He repeatedly returned to France to secure commercial and royal backing for the colony. His alliances with Innu, Algonquin and Wendat partners involved trade, diplomacy and warfare against Haudenosaunee enemies.
He died at Quebec in 1635 after decades spent building a permanent French presence in North America. Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer, cartographer and colonial leader who founded Quebec and helped establish New France. Samuel de Champlain was born in Brouage, Kingdom of France and died in Quebec City, New France.
David Hackett Fischer’s Champlain’s Dream is a large-scale biography of Samuel de Champlain, following him from the French wars of religion and Atlantic voyages to the exploration of the St Lawrence, the founding of Quebec and the long struggle to secure New France.
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring Samuel de Champlain (1 book)
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