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80 totalVOYAGES OF SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN. - TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH
Produced by Karl Hagen, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks,
PREFACE
PREFACE MEMOIR OF SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN ANNOTATIONES POSTSCRIPTAE PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION DEDICATION TO THE ADMIRAL, CHARLES DE MONTMORENCY EXTRACT FROM THE LICENSE OF THE KING THE SAVAGES, OR VOYAGE OF SIEUR DE CHAMPLAIN, 1603 CHAMPLAIN'S EXPLANATION OF THE CARTE DE LA NOVVELLE FRANCE, 1632 THE PRINCE SOCIETY, ITS CONSTITUTION AND MEMBERS - ILLUSTRATIONS.
INDEX - MEMOIR OF SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN. - CHAPTER I. - PARENTAGE—BIRTH—HOME AT BROUAGE—ITS SITUATION—A MILITARY STATION—ITS SALT WORKS—HIS EDUCATION—EARLY LOVE OF THE SEA—QUARTER-MASTER IN BRITTANY—CATHOLICS AND HUGUENOTS—CATHERINE DE MEDICIS—THE LEAGUE—DUKE DE MERCOEUR—MARSHAL D'AUMONT—DE SAINT LUC—MARSHAL DE BRISSAC—PEACE OF VERVINS
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CHAPTER II. - QUARTER-MASTER.—VISIT TO WEST INDIES, SOUTH AMERICA, MEXICO.—HIS REPORT.—SUGGESTS A SHIP CANAL.—VOYAGE OF 1603.—EARLIER VOYAGES.— CARTIER, DE LA ROQUE, MARQUIS DE LA ROCHE, SIEUR DE CHAUVIN, DE CHASTES. —PRELIMINARY VOYAGE.—RETURN TO FRANCE.—DEATH OF DE CHASTES.—SIEUR DE MONTS OBTAINS A CHARTER, AND PREPARES FOR AN EXPEDITION TO CANADA.
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CHAPTER III. - DE MONTS LEAVES FOR LA CADIE—THE COASTS OF NOVA SCOTIA.—THE BAY OF FUNDY —SEARCH FOR COPPER MINE—CHAMPLAIN EXPLORES THE PENOBSCOT—DE MONTS'S ISLAND—SUFFERINGS OF THE COLONY—EXPLORATION OF THE COAST AS FAR AS NAUSET, ON CAPE COD
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Description
This volume offers a careful, chronological portrait of the French navigator whose voyages helped shape the early map of North America. Beginning in the late‑sixteenth century, it follows his expeditions along the Atlantic coast, through the St. Lawrence River, and into the interior lands that would later become Canada. The narrative is enriched by period illustrations that bring the explorer’s world to life, giving listeners a vivid sense of the wilderness and settlements he encountered.
Presented as a faithful translation of contemporary French accounts, the text preserves the original spelling while providing clear endnotes that explain archaic terms and the occasional Algonquian words. The editor’s scholarly commentary supplies the background needed to understand the political and religious motives behind the journeys, without venturing beyond the documented events of Champlain’s public career. Listeners will gain insight into the explorer’s dedication to geographic discovery, French ambition, and the spread of Christianity, all conveyed in a straightforward, engaging style.
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2004-10-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Samuel de Champlain
1574–1635
A sailor, explorer, and writer from France, he helped shape the early history of New France and left some of the clearest firsthand accounts of North America in the early 1600s. His books combine travel narrative, observation, and the practical eye of someone building a colony in an unfamiliar world.
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