Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain was born in 1567, in the town of Brouage, Saintonge, on the Bay of Biscay in France. Very little is known of his family, other than his father was a ship-captain. Fairly early in his life, he joined the army and became quartermaster for the cavalry. Then, in 1599, Samuel's uncle took Samuel to Spain for Samuel's first voyage. There, Samuel took command of the "St. Julien" ("The Virtual Museum of New France"). He took his ship, and chartered to the West Indies. He landed at Vera Cruz, and even made it inland as far as Mexico City, and returned home after passing Panama, where he conceived a plan to make a canal across the isthmus ("Samuel de Champlain"). He reached Spain in March 1601. His journey was recorded in an account named "Bref Discours" ("Historical Bopgraphies").He soon returned to France, whereupon French King Henry IV gave Samuel de Champlain a pension to explore land in North America. He sailed for the New Land on March 15, 1603, in the Pontgrave, with his eye set on founding a new colony. They reached Tadoussac on May 24 of that year. Tadoussac was a trading location where the Saguenay joins the St. Lawrence River ("Samuel de Champlain"). They set anchor here and rested.
Samuel de Champlain's discoveries led to many important developments. His many trips gave the French a clear picture of the area. He also founded one of the largest in what is now Canada, Quebec. If it were not for this colony, French Canada would not have had a home base and may very well have never survived. His persistence against the Indians kept the French at peace with their close neighbors, and the fur trade gave the immigrants of Quebec wealth. He soon returned to France where he married Helen Boulle in 1611. He was soon appointed lieutenant for the Prince de Conde. Shortly after this new appoinment, Samuel sent many ships off, and later himself, back to French America. He heard rumors that one sailor had traveled down the Ottawa and found a great lake, and the North Sea. Samuel found his claims to be wrong when sailed down the Ottawa. Later, in 1615, he sailed as far as Lake Huron in the Great Lakes ("The Virtual Museum of New France"). Samuel returned to France with de Monts in 1607. He suggested the importance of a new trading post on the St. Lawrence River to de Monts. Once again, Samuel set sail back to the New World and the St. Lawrence, hoping to find a suitable place to found a trading post. He sailed up the St. Lawrence, and reached a place called Algonquins Quebec, or Narrows. Since the rapids were still impassable, he built the settlement here. The settlement was named Quebec, and quickly became the capitol of French America. The land quic
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