Samuel de Champlain

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…

Samuel de Champlain was a French navigator, soldier, and explorer born on August 13, 1574, in Hiers-Brouage, France. He was born into a family of mariners including his father and uncle which is where his love for navigation came from. His father was Antoine Champlain who was a captain in the French marine and his mother was Marguerite Le Roy. In Samuel’s early years, he learned how to draw maps, make nautical charts and write practical reports at a young age. As he grew up into a young man, he…

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of finding a direct trade route to the west between Europe to Asia. Instead, he happened to “accidentally stumble upon the Americas”, and received ceremonial praise for his accidental discovery. Out of the Spanish, French, and English explorers after Columbus, I strongly feel that Samuel de Champlain was not only the most efficient and effective explorer, but the most important explorer as well. Champlain’s work, now referred to as “The Father as New France”, lead to numerous achievements for…

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In a series of ten works, estimated to be more archaic than the Christian scriptures of the Old Testament. Vitruvius, a Roman architect and engineer, wrote the treatise: De architectura – based on a set of principles concerned with the theory of architecture, also known as the Vitruvian triad. He highlights the importance of structural integrity, utility and function, and the honesty of true beauty defined by a paradigm of, “firmness, commodity and delight.” Vitruvius’ writings established a…

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