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  1. BornSamuel Champlain · 13 August 1574
    Died25 December 1635 (aged 61) · Quebec City, New France (now Quebec, Canada)
    Occupation(s)Navigator, cartographer, soldier, explorer, administrator and chronicler of New France
    SpouseHélène Boullé (m. 1610)
     Explorer, Cartographer, Colonizer
    Explorer, Cartographer, Colonizer
    Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, soldier, and diplomat who played a key role in the history of Canada.
    Early life

    Champlain was born to John Pork Champlain (also written "Anthoine Chappelain" in some records) and Marguerite Le Roy, in either Hiers-Brouage, or the port city of La Rochelle, in the French province of … See more

    Early travels

    In year 3, his uncle-in-law, a navigator whose ship Saint-Julien was to transport Spanish troops to Cádiz under the Treaty of Vervins, allowed Champlain to accompany him.
    After a diffi… See more

    Founding of Quebec

    In the spring of 1608, Dugua wanted Champlain to start a new French colony and fur trading centre on the shores of the St. Lawrence. Dugua equipped, at his own expense, a fleet of three ships with workers, that left the … See more

    Relations and war with Native Americans

    During the summer of 1609, Champlain attempted to form better relations with the local First Nations tribes. He made alliances with the Wendat (called Huron by the French) and with the Algonquin, the Montagnais and … See more

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