Samuel de Champlain

Politician

1574 – 1635

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Who was Samuel de Champlain?

Samuel de Champlain, "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608. He is important to Canadian history because he made the first accurate map of the coast and he helped establish the settlements.

Born into a family of mariners, Champlain, while still a young man, began exploring North America in 1603 under the guidance of François Gravé Du Pont, From 1604 to 1607 Champlain participated in the exploration and settlement of the first permanent European settlement north of Florida, Port Royal, Acadia. Then, in 1608, he established the French settlement that is now Quebec City. Champlain was the first European to explore and describe the Great Lakes, and published maps of his journeys and accounts of what he learned from the natives and the French living among the Natives. He formed relationships with local Montagnais and Innu and later with others farther west, with Algonquin and with Huron Wendat, and agreed to provide assistance in their wars against the Iroquois.

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Born
Aug 1, 1574
Hiers-Brouage
Also known as
  • Samuel Champlain
Parents
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • France
  • Canada
Profession
Lived in
  • Poitou-Charentes
Died
Dec 25, 1635
Quebec City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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