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Champlain, Samuel de
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Champlain, Samuel de (1567–1635)

French pioneer, soldier, and explorer in Canada. Having served in the army of Henry IV and on an expedition to the West Indies, he began his exploration of Canada in 1603. In a third expedition in 1608 he founded and named Québec, and was appointed lieutenant governor of French Canada in 1612.
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40 David Hackett Fischer writes of Samuel de Champlain, who founded French Quebec four hundred years ago, that "[Champlain] wrote thousands of pages about what he did, but only a few words about who he was.
Fischer, David Hackett. Champlain's Dream: The European Founding of ... by Calhoun, William / Naval War College Review
WHEN was the century in which Samuel de Champlain discovered and named Lake Champlain, USA?
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE TOPIC: The French influence in North America can be traced in large part to one man, Samuel de Champlain, "the father of New France.
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