Exploration of New France

Samuel de Champlain · 1603 CE – 1615 CE · Earth

Map and settle the St Lawrence region.

Historical context

New France was a fur-trading venture as much as a colony, sustained by alliances with indigenous nations. Champlain's maps and journals became the colony's founding geography.

The voyage, step by step

1. First voyage to New France

   1603 CE

   Champlain sails for the fur trade and to map the St Lawrence.

2. Up the great river

   1603 CE

   He explores the river and its indigenous nations as far as the rapids above Montreal.

3. Quebec founded

   1608 CE

   He founds Quebec on a narrow point, the heart of New France.

4. Lake Champlain

   1609 CE

   Guided by Algonquin allies, he reaches the lake that bears his name.

Outcome

Founded Quebec and reached the Great Lakes.

Samuel de Champlain

French explorer and cartographer who founded Quebec and mapped the northeast of North America.

Read on Wikipedia

Sources

• Samuel de Champlain — Wikipedia

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