The French Explorer and navigator Samuel de Champlain was born on August 13th, in 1574 in Brouage, France. Champlains had a mariners backgroud as thats what his family was, just before he turned 20 he began exploring North America in 1603 when he was invited on an expidition of François Gravé Du Pont, who was his uncle. Champlain also once he returened back to France wrote a book of this trek, it was the first completed story with full descriptions of the St Lawrence since Jacques Cartier's went and explored it himself. Champlain from the years 1604 to 1607 went on and explored the settlement North of Florida, Port Royal, Acadia in 1605 as well as the Eastern settlement that would become Saint John, New Brunswick in 1604. He is the founder
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Samuel de Champlain was in charged and help assisted as being Governor of New France. He made and ran a variety of trading companies that traded mostly fur to and from France where Champlain was from. In 1609 Champlain guided and provided another voyage for his crew and himself up the Richelieu River. He sailed and explored down the networks of narrow lakes between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Later Champlain named the lake we know as Lake Champlain after himself because he was the first navigator to map and describe it. In 1615 Champlain made another trip to Canada and this time he brought with him a tribe of Native Americans with who he made good friends with while in Canada before. Champlain along with the French assisted the Natives with a brutal attack on the Iroquois, the battle came to an abrupted end, they lost the battle fairly easily and during the war Champlain suffered from an arrow hitting his knee which kept him from walking. He was stucking living with the Natives for that whole next winter located between …show more content…
Champlain went back to be incharge as its governor. By this time he was in terrible shape and his health was lacking him and he stepped down to retire in 1633. Champlain went back to die in Quebec on Christmas Day December 25th,
Samuel de Champlain was in charged and help assisted as being Governor of New France. He made and ran a variety of trading companies that traded mostly fur to and from France where Champlain was from. In 1609 Champlain guided and provided another voyage for his crew and himself up the Richelieu River. He sailed and explored down the networks of narrow lakes between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Later Champlain named the lake we know as Lake Champlain after himself because he was the first navigator to map and describe it. In 1615 Champlain made another trip to Canada and this time he brought with him a tribe of Native Americans with who he made good friends with while in Canada before. Champlain along with the French assisted the Natives with a brutal attack on the Iroquois, the battle came to an abrupted end, they lost the battle fairly easily and during the war Champlain suffered from an arrow hitting his knee which kept him from walking. He was stucking living with the Natives for that whole next winter located between …show more content…
Champlain went back to be incharge as its governor. By this time he was in terrible shape and his health was lacking him and he stepped down to retire in 1633. Champlain went back to die in Quebec on Christmas Day December 25th,