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Samuel de Champlain

Samuel de Champlain

By Francine Legaré; Translated by Jonathan Kaplansky

Cover for Samuel de Champlain
  • A Quest Biography Book
  • 978-1-89485-210-4
  • January 2004
  • 180pp, Paperback
  • $15.95 CAD
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A navigator and cartographer, Samuel de Champlain’s passion was for America, which he struggled to explore and have recognized. He still dreamed of reaching India, with its spices and its many riches, by continuing further to the West. But the land called New France – a harsh land from India – was his greatest love. He defended it fiercely to those in power in France and was responsible for its development. Champlain thus ensured the birth of the country that today is Canada. He is undisputedly the Father of New France.