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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Samuel de Champlain
		Founder of Quebec and Father of New France, born at Brouage, a village in the province of Saintonge, France, 1570, or according to the "Bibliographie Saintongeoise", 1567; died at Quebec, 25 December, 1635.
		Champlain kept a journal of his explorations in the Gulf of Mexico, and after his return to France, in 1601 or 1602, he received a pension and the appointment of geographer to the king.
		Pierre de Chauvin had proposed to make a permanent settlement at Tadoussac, but Champlain was not in favour of this place, and, having cast anchor at the foot of Cape Diamond, he considered that the point of Quebec would be the most advantageous site for the future colony.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03567a.htm (1277 words)

	Samuel de Champlain - MSN Encarta
		Samuel de Champlain (1567?-1635), French explorer, known as the father of New France, the French colonial empire in North America.
		Champlain was born in Brouage, France, but little is known of his early years.
		Champlain explored the Atlantic Coast on the north side of the Bay of Fundy, sighting a river flowing from the north that he named the Saint-Jean (now the Saint John River).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574716/Champlain_Samuel_de.html (545 words)

	European Explorers: Samual de Champlain
		Samuel de Champlain (1567?-1635) was a French explorer and navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America and started a settlement in Quebec.
		Champlain was born in Brouage, France, near Rochefort, the son of a sea captain.
		Samuel de Champlain was born in Brouage, France in 1567 and died in 1635.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/exchamplain.htm (597 words)

	Samuel de Champlain
		Champlain decided upon forming a settlement here, but had scarcely begun to clear the ground for the erection of buildings when a plot to assassinate him was discovered.
		De Monts having lost his influence in consequence of the death of Henry IV., and the merchants who had previously interested themselves in the colonization scheme having concluded to spend no more money on it, Champlain induced the Count de Soissons to take an interest in the project.
		Champlain was conveyed to England as a prisoner, and was not set at liberty until 1632.
	www.samueldechamplain.com (1486 words)

	Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635).
		"Samuel Champlain was born at Brouage, a small seaport town in the old province of Saintonge, southeast of Rochefort and opposite the island of Oléron, about the year 1567."1 Little is known of Champlain's family background; indeed, though he wrote much, little personal information of Champlain's life is known.
		It was during this trip to Tadoussac and beyond that Champlain was to consider the advantages of Acadia.
		A narrative of Champlain's adventures in Acadia is contained in my history of Acadia, in one of its very first chapters, "The Founding of Port Royal." Sufficient at this place to say that Champlain spent his first three winters in New France in Acadia.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Champlain.htm (591 words)

	Empire of the Bay: Samuel de Champlain
		Samuel de Champlain, though probably born a commoner, moved beyond his modest roots in the town of Brouage, France to become one of his country's most noted explorers.
		Champlain first traveled to North America in 1603, after establishing a reputation as a skilled navigator in expeditions to the West Indies and Central America.
		Champlain took part in several summer journeys around the area to find a suitable spot for a settlement, but, as the months dragged on, many of his compatriots died during the biting cold winter seasons.
	www.pbs.org /empireofthebay/profiles/dechamplain.html (322 words)

	champlain
		Champlain was born in Brouage, France in 1567.
		Champlain was helped by his uncle, a general of a fleet of the King of Spain, to get the command of the ship going to the West Indies.
		Champlain was the first to suggest digging a canal to connect the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
	www.studyworld.com /champlain.htm (1326 words)

	Samuel de Champlain Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		De Chaste died and was succeeded in the monopoly by Pierre du Gua de Monts.
		Champlain was asked to choose a temporary base for settlement, and he explored the south coast of Nova Scotia; the Bay of Fundy, including the Annapolis Basin; and the St. John River.
		Champlain was obliged to winter in the disagreeable habitat of a Huron village but continued his inveterate habit of travel and exploration, visiting other tribes that were neighbors of the Hurons.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/samuel-de-champlain (1538 words)

	Samuel de Champlain
		Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer, navigator, and mapmaker.
		Champlain remained for three years, exploring the Atlantic coast from the Bay of Fundy down to Cape Cod.
		In 1629 Quebec was captured by the English and Champlain was taken to England as a prisoner.
	library.thinkquest.org /4034/champlain.html (268 words)

	Champlain, Samuel de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		With the sieur de Monts, who had a monopoly of the trade of the region, Champlain returned in 1604 to found a colony, which was landed at the mouth of the St. Croix River.
		After the sieur de Monts’s privileges had been revoked, the colony had to be abandoned, and through the efforts of Champlain a new one was established on the St. Lawrence River.
		Thereafter Champlain devoted his time to the welfare of the colony, of which he was the virtual governor.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ch/ChamplaiS.html (574 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Champlain added to the high spirits by founding the order of Good Cheer, a sort of carefree order of chivalry, whose members had to take their turn in providing game for the table and maintaining a joyful humour.
		It was then that Champlain, in a gesture typical of that period, and forgetful of the agreements already entered into with his wife, appointed the Virgin Mary his heiress, thus leaving his furniture and his share in the company to the church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Recouvrance.
		Champlain was then buried temporarily in an unmarked grave, to be transferred later (probably in 1636, after Montmagny had enlarged the church) to a chapel built as an annex to the church, and called first the chapel of Monsieur le Gouverneur, and afterwards the chapel of Champlain.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34237 (8446 words)

	Samuel De Champlain
		CHAMPLAIN, Samuel de, French navigator, born in Brouage, Saintonge, on the bay of Biscay, in 1567; died in Quebec, 25 December, 1635.
		He returned to France in 1607, and, having suggested to De Monts the importance of establishing a trading-post on the St. Lawrence, he and Pontgrave were sent out in 1608, and, after reaching Tadoussac, they continued up the St. Lawrence to a place called by the Algonquins Québec, or the Narrows.
		CHAMPLAIN, Samuel de, French navigator, born in Brouage, Saintonge, on the bay of Biscay, in 1567 ; died in Quebec, 25 December, 1635.
	www.famousamericans.net /samueldechamplain (2986 words)

	Champlain - Expanding in All Directions - 17th Century - Pathfinders and Passageways
		Samuel de Champlain was an excellent cartographer and a bold and curious traveller, very able in forming alliances with the Native peoples in Canada.
		Champlain deduced that this must be "quelque gouffre de ceste mer qui desgorge par la partie du Nort dans les terres" ["some gulf of this sea which empties northward through these lands"] seven years before the European discovery of Hudson Bay.
		Champlain visited and mapped the Bay of Fundy, the Annapolis Valley and the Atlantic coast south of the St. Lawrence, from the Saint John River to Cape Cod.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /explorers/h24-1410-e.html (1293 words)

	Samuel de Champlain
		Samuel de Champlain was born in Brouage, France in the year 1567 and died on December 25, 1635.
		On Samuel de Champlain's second visit, which is in the years 1604-1607, he establishes a settlement in an area that the French called Acadie.
		Champlain was taken prisoner in England and was released in 1632.
	www.mrbai.com /Champlain.html (474 words)

	The Virtual Museum of New-France: Samuel de Champlain
		Samuel de Champlain (sometimes called Samuel Champlain in English documents) was born at Brouage, in the Saintonge province of Western France, about 1570.
		He was an indefatigable explorer –; and an assistant to other explorers –; in the quest for an overland route across America to the Pacific, and onwards to the riches of the Orient.
		Champlain's mission was clear; it was to explore the country called New France, examine its waterways and then choose a site for a large trading factory.
	www.civilization.ca /vmnf/explor/champ_e2.html (849 words)

	Samuel de Champlain's First Voyage - 1603 - The Path to Settlement
		Champlain's instructions were to retrace Cartier's route from over a half-century earlier and to begin setting up trade relations with the Iroquoians and with any other Indian Nations he encountered.
		It was at Tadoussac that Champlain had his first encounter with the Natives of New France and was fortunate enough to have arrived at a time when the Natives were holding their annual celebration.
		In his journals, Champlain refered to the natives as 'sauvages' ('savages') as they appeared uncivilized and barbarous, eating with their fingers and wiping their hands on their own bodies or on their dogs.
	www3.sympatico.ca /goweezer/canada/z16champ1.htm (865 words)

	Samuel de Champlain
		Known as the Father of Canada or the Father of New France, Samuel de Champlain was a major contributor to the development of a French presence in North America.
		Champlain and his party spent a miserable winter there before relocating to Port Royal in the spring.
		Champlain and the beleaguered settlers held out for a year, but were forced to surrender when provisions ran out.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1142.html (823 words)

	mrnussbaum.com - Samuel de Champlain
		Samuel de Champlain was born in Brouage, France around the year 1567.
		After returning to France, Champlain decided to sail back to Quebec in the hopes of discovering the Northwest Passage, a mythical waterway that would serve as a shortcut from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
		For the next three years, Champlain he explored much of the coast of Nova Scotia, the Bay of Fundy and the coasts of Maine, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
	www.mrnussbaum.com /champlain.htm (295 words)

	Samuel de Champlain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		From the "Voyages of Samuel de Champlain," as published by the Prince Society of Boston in 1878, the translation being by Charles Pomeroy Otis.
		Samuel de Champlain, who has been called "The Father of New France," was born in Brouage, France, in 1567, and died in Quebec in 1635.
		Champlain had invaded the tiger's den; and now, in smothered fury, the patient savage would lie biding his day of blood.
	www.housatonic.net /Documents/582.htm (1733 words)

	Samuel de Champlain
		Samuel de Champlain explored the St. Lawrence River for the King of France.
		Champlain joined the French Army around the age of 20 and served until 1598.He was the first person to write about the Niagara Falls and he began a fur trading post on the St. Lawrence River.
		In 1629 Champlain was captured by the English and held captive until 1632.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/explorers/champlain.htm (234 words)

	Champlain
		Champlain has the conspirators arrested and organises the first known trial in the history of North America.
		Champlain remains convinced that a passage to Asia can be found somewhere at the end of the Great Lakes.
		Champlain also leaves us his notes, drawings, maps and his published books that are a gold mine of information and help us learn more about the origins of our country.
	www.republiquelibre.org /cousture/CHAMP2.HTM (945 words)

	Samuel de Champlain biography
		He was born at Brouage, in Saintonge, the son of a ship captain; received a careful training in the principles of navigation and cartography; entered the army, and served in Brittany as quartermaster of cavalry under D'Aumont, Saint-Luc, and Brissac.
		This report, entitled Bref discours des choses plus remarquables que Samuel Champlain a reconnu aux Indes Occidentales, remains in manuscript at Dieppe and was not printed in the original until 1870, though an English translation was published by the Hakluyt Society in 1859.
		On the reorganization of the government of New France in 1612, he was reappointed Lieutenant Governor under De Soissons, and subsequently held this position under the Prince de Condé, the Duc de Montmorency, the Duc de Ventadour, and Cardinal Richelieu.
	www.dromo.info /champlainbio.htm (562 words)

	Modern History Sourcebook: Samuel de Champlain: The Foundation of Quebec, 1608
		Now, after Sieur de Monts had conferred with me several times in regard to his purposes concerning the exploration, he resolved to continue so noble and meritorious an undertaking, notwithstanding the hardships and labors of the past.
		Sieur de Monts, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the expedition, obtained letters from his majesty for one year, by which all persons were forbidden to traffic in pelts with the savages, on penalties stated in the following commission:
		But these things cannot be passed by without bringing them to the knowledge of Sieur de Champlain, that he may make provision against them, and I promise you that I will prevail upon him to pardon you and the rest.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1608champlain.html (3706 words)

	The Voyages of Samuel de Champlain- Part II
		De Monts had given timely notice of his monopoly; and, whether it had reached them or not, they were doubtless wrong in law.
		Although De Monts treated them with gentleness, nevertheless it is not unlikely that a compromise would have been better policy than an entire confiscation of their property, as these Basques afterwards, on their return to France, gave him serious inconvenience.
		The sea-wolf or _loup marin_ of Champlain is the marine mammiferous quadruped of the family Phocidae, known as the seal.
	www.historiclakes.org /S_de_Champ/Champlain2.html (5129 words)

	Samuel de Champlain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Samuel de Champlain was born in 1567 in the small French town of Brouage.
		Champlain was in charge of the Quebec settlement for years, until the English attacked and took the Fort at Quebec in July, 1629.
		Because Champlain was more interested in settlements than in gold and silver, the French colonies in America grew and prospered.
	www.pwcs.edu /i-tech/TLCF/EarlyExploration/samuel_de_champlain.htm (354 words)

	Explorations: Champlain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Champlain also cultivated strong friendships with many Native Americans, including the Montagnais, the Algonkians, and the Hurons, with whom he joined forces to fight their enemy, the Iroquois.
		If Champlain is remembered as a forefather of the French settlement of what is now Quebec, he is also remembered as one of the most careful and voluminous writers about the exploration of the New World.
		Champlain designed and drew this map with the intention of presenting it to the king of France.
	www.wwnorton.com /college/english/naal5/explore/champlain.htm (381 words)

	Introduction - Champlain - 17th Century - Passageways
		Samuel de Champlain - Pathfinders & Passageways: The Exploration of Canada
		Samuel de Champlain was a gifted man, and was many things in his life: explorer, map-maker, writer and governor of New France.
		When Champlain arrived it was Quebecq, the Algonquin and Abenaki word for the narrow channel of the St. Lawrence, "the place where the river narrows".
	www.collectionscanada.ca /explorers/kids/h3-1410-e.html (165 words)

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