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Samuel de Champlain (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]; 13 August 1574 [2] [Note 1] [Note 2] – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler.
1604 - Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts and Samuel de Champlain establish an ill-fated settlement on the lands of the Passamaquoddy Nation that they give the religious name of Île-Saint-Croix. 1605 - Dugua and Champlain move the settlement to Port Royal in the Mi'kmaq Nation lands in present-day Nova Scotia. See Acadia.
Champlain's Dream: The European Founding of North America is a biography written by American historian David Hackett Fischer and published in 2008. It chronicles the life of French soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and "Father of New France," Samuel de Champlain.
The history of the First Nations is the prehistory and history of ... 1603 Samuel de Champlain first ... Nova Scotia, Toronto, and Ottawa to challenge the ...
The Battle of Sorel occurred on June 19, 1610, with Samuel de Champlain supported by the Kingdom of France and his allies, the Huron, Algonquin people, and Montagnais that fought against the Mohawk people in New France at present-day Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. [1]
When Samuel de Champlain returned from his sixth voyage to Canada on 26 May 1613, he made plans to bring missionaries on his next voyage. [4] Champlain had initially turned to the Recollects after receiving advice from his friend Sieur Louis Houel, Secretary to King Louis XIII and controller-general of the salt works at Hiers-Brouage . [ 5 ]
The first group of French settlers arrive in what is today Tadoussac, marking the beginning of a continuous Francophone presence in North America. Quebec City is founded. The first city in New France begins as a fortified point. Constructions are begun on July 3 under Samuel de Champlain.
Samuel de Champlain returned to Quebec, having been appointed Lieutenant General of New France by King Louis XIII. de Champlain thus became the first Lieutenant General of the colony who resides in New France. de Champlain traveled up the Ottawa River, eventually meeting with the Algonquin Chief Tessouat.