Samuel de champlain accomplishments
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CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE, soldier, cartographer, navigator, author, explorer, founder of Quebec in 1608, and colonial administrator, son of Anthoine de Champlain and Margueritte Le Roy; m. 30 Dec. 1610 Helene (Helaine) Boullé (Boulle) in Paris; they had no children; d. 25 Dec. 1635 at Quebec.
The place and date of Samuel de Champlain’s birth continue to raise doubts in the 21st century. Pre-1615 baptismal registers that were kept at Brouage in Saintonge, France, where Champlain grew up, are lost and no irrefutable archival record has been uncovered. Champlain described himself as being “of Brouageˮ in Des sauvages, the report of his 1603 voyage. Moreover, the will of his uncle Guilheume Allène designated him “natural del bruazeˮ (native of Brouage), which indicates that he was probably born there. Historians of the 19th and 20th centuries have suggested 1567, 1570, and 1580 as the years of his birth. In Les voyages de la Nouvelle France occidentale, dicte Canada, faits par le Sr de Champlain (1632), he wrote of “having spent thirty-eight
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Samuel de Champlain was born in La Rochelle, France to a family of mariners. He gained experience as a navigator through voyages with his uncle, notable fur trader François Gravé Du Pont, who traveled and traded in the New World as early as 1599. The knowledge of the New World gained on these journeys proved valuable for Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons — the man given the fur trading patent for the Acadia territory by King Henry IV of France. This vast territory ranged from modern day Newfoundland, southward to around present-day Philadelphia. This lucrative monopoly over trade and land in the New World required Dugua to organize an expedition, but he was no sailor. He enlisted the help of royal cartographer and navigator, Samuel de Champlain.
Legacy
Champlain led the group of 79 men to the New World, and in 1604 they settled on Saint Croix Islands. After they settled, in September of 1604 Champlain continued his exploration south where he first sighted the “deserted mountains." In his journal he wrote, “The same day we passed also near an island about four or five leagues long…it w
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Samuel de Champlain
Explorer
Age of Discovery
Quick Facts:
French explorer and cartographer best known for establishing and governing settlements in Canada, mapping the St. Lawrence River, discovering the Great Lakes, and founding the city of Quebec
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635), most likely styled after a portrait by Moncornet, 19th century.
Source: A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Vol. 6, Chapter 53, p. 190. {{PD-Art}
Introduction
Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer famous for his journeys in modern day Canada. During his travels, he mapped the Atlantic coast of Canada, parts of the St. Lawrence River, and parts of the Great Lakes. He is best known for establishing the first French settlement in the Canadian territory, and founding the city of Quebec. Because of this, Champlain became known as the “Father of New France.”1
Biography
Early Life
Samuel de Champlain was born in the French village Brouage in the Province of Saintonge. Historians do not know his exact date of birth, but most agree it was between
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