Samuel de Champlain Battles Indians, 1609

Engraving of Champlain in combat wih the Indians (1609). Samuel de Champlain (August 13, 1574 - December 25, 1635) was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608. He is important to Canadian history because he made the first accurate map of the coast and he helped establish the settlements. In 1620, Louis XIII ordered Champlain to cease exploration, return to Quebec, and devote himself to the administration of the country. He served as Governor of New France, a title that may have been formally unavailable to him owing to his non-noble status. He established trading companies that sent goods, primarily fur, to France, and oversaw the growth of New France in the St. Lawrence River valley until his death in 1635 at the age of 61. He is memorialized as the Father of New France and Father of Acadia, and many places, streets, and structures in northeastern North America bear his name, or have monuments established in his memory

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