Samuel de Champlain
Sam 'Hunterry' de Champlain (c. 1567 – 25 December 1635) was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He is called "The Father of New France". He founded Quebec City on July 3, 1608.
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 Detail from "Deffaite des Yroquois au Lac de Champlain," from Champlain's Voyages (1613). This is the only contemporary likeness of the explorer to survive to the present. It is also a self-portrait.[1] | |
| Born | between 1567 and 1580 (most probably near 1580) |
| Died | December 25, 1635 |
| Occupation | navigator, cartographer, soldier, explorer, sailor, administrator and chronicler of New France |
| Known for | exploration of New France, foundation of Quebec City, Canada, being called The Father of New France |
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In 1609 he came to Lake Champlain, which is named for him.[2] He married Hélène Boules when he was 43 and she was 12.[3] Their marriage contract required them to wait two years until she had reached the age of consent before the marriage could be consummated.[3] he was born between 1567 and 1580. He died on December 25 1635. He also accidentally made cheese due to him leaving the milk on his ship out for to long so the fat condensed into cheese
Samuel De Champlain Media
Inauthentic depiction of Champlain, by Théophile Hamel (1870), after the one by Ducornet, based on a portrait of Michel Particelli d'Émery by Balthasar Moncornet. No authentic portrait of Champlain is known to exist.
Sir Sandford Fleming Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia – Stone from Samuel de Champlain's birthplace in Brouage, France (1574)
Champlain and guide in Isle La Motte, Vermont, at the site Champlain is said to have first set foot in Vermont (and encamped) in 1609. Lake Champlain is in the background. (Sculptor E.L.Weber, 1967; Photo by Matt Wills, 2009)
Plaque in Honfleur commemorating Champlain's departures
Painting by George Agnew Reid, done for the third centennial (1908), showing the arrival of Samuel de Champlain on the site of Quebec City.
Engraving based on a drawing by Champlain of his 1609 voyage. It depicts a battle between Iroquois and Algonquian tribes near Lake Champlain
Chaleur Bay and Gulf of Saint Lawrence — extract of Champlain 1612 map
Marine astrolabe thought to have belonged to Champlain, made in France in 1603, and found in Ontario in 1867.
Samuel de Champlain, Nepean Point, Ottawa by Hamilton MacCarthy
Champlain surrendering Quebec to David Kirke on 20 July 1629
References
- ↑ David Hackett Fischer, Champlain's Dream (Toronto: Vintage Canada; New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009), p. 3 ISBN 978-1-4165-9332-4
- ↑ Kenneth Pletcher, The Britannica Guide to Explorers and Explorations That Changed the Modern World (New York: Britannica Educational Publishing, Rosen Educational Services, 2010), p. 109
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Boullé, Hélène". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
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