The publications of the champlain society the publications of the champlain society, hudsons bay company series the publications of the champlain. Father of new france hardcover june 30, 1972 by samuel eliot morison author. William jay jacobs a biography of the french explorer who was the founder of quebec and the father of new france. His early years remain shrouded in mystery although he was almost certainly born a huguenot at the end of the wars of religion. He became one of the most important explorers in north american and french history and mapped much of canada and the northeastern united states. In the book, champlain 15671635 explorer, cartographer and the founder of new france and the city of quebec describes his exploration of the atlantic. He was trained in seamanship, navigation and map making. A brief history with documents bedford series in history and culture only 1 left in stock order soon. The story of his exploration of the unknown lands of new france and his many adventures there is told in levelappropriate language. He may have travelled with spanish ships to brazil and mexico, but the evidence is uncertain. The champlain bridge, officially named the samueldechamplain bridge, is a twin cablestayed bridge built to replace the original champlain bridge over the saint lawrence river in quebec between the island of montreal and the south shore suburbs. His books include the kids book of canadian firsts and the kids book of canadas railway. The latter edition, which includes the french text with an english translation, consists of six volumes, with a. Croix river, on the present boundary between the united states and canada.
He is also credited with founding quebec city in 1608. The book had the best information about the indians at that time. The book details how champlains early education and training prepared him for a lifetime of exploration and helped. He authored four accounts of his explorations and observations, each published in his own day and lavishly illustrated with maps and engravings. In this book, fischer examines more closely champlain s personal impact on the establishment of a french. They lived in the little village of brouage, in the ancient province of saintonge. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. John mantha describes the life of the french explorer who founded quebec, discovered lake champlain, and was called the father of. The publications of the champlain society the publications of the champlain society, hudsons bay company series the publications of the champlain society, ontario series.
The book details how champlains early education and training prepared him for a lifetime of exploration and helped him to establish a lasting french settlement in quebec. Amazon price new from used from hardcover, box set, 1971 please retry. A brief history with documents bedford series in history and culture 1st edition. He discovered the lake that bears his name 1609 and made other explorations of what are now northern new york, the ottawa river, and the eastern great lakes.
The european founding of north america is a biography written by american historian, david hackett fischer and published in 2008. Champlain claimed to be from brouage in the title of his 1603 book and to be saintongeois in the title of his second book 16. Champlain s first expedition to canada was up the st. Champlain was descended from an ancestry whose names are not recorded among the renowned families of france.
This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. A popular history of france from the earliest times, vol. This exciting new book follows the footsteps of the father of new france in his mission to colonise what would later become quebec. Born on frances atlantic coast, champlain grew to manhood in a country riven by religious warfare. He made between 21 and 29 trips across the atlantic ocean, and founded quebec, and new france, on 3 july 1608. In this book, fischer examines more closely champlains personal impact on. 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.