Samuel de Champlain took several voyages to Canada, where he mapped the St. Lawrence River and became the first European to discover the Great Lakes. Click on the world map to view an example of the explorer’s voyage. How to Use the Map.

Dec 21, 2024 · His explorations led him down the Atlantic coast southward to Massachusetts Bay and beyond, mapping in detail the harbours that his English rivals had only touched. In 1607 the English came to Kennebec (now in Maine) in southern Acadia. They spent only one winter there, but the threat of conflict increased French interest in colonization.

French explorer and cartographer best known for establishing and governing settlements in Canada, mapping the St. Lawrence River, discovering the Great Lakes, and founding the city of Quebec. Name: Samuel de Champlain [sam-yoo-uh l; (French) sa-my-el ] [ duh] [sham-pleyn; (French) shahn-plan]

Oct 17, 2013 · In the fall of 1612, Samuel de Champlain had an engraving of his first detailed map of New France made in Paris. The map contained new geographic information, based on his own explorations from 1603 onward. The site of Montreal is clearly identified.

Jul 6, 2022 · Created by cartographers Michael James Hermann and Margaret Wickens Pearce, They Would Not Take Me There maps the journeys of French explorer and colonizer Samuel de Champlain.

to evaluate new lands for settlement and to make maps, Champlain brought an energetic practicality to these tasks and a determination to do the best job he could for those whom he served. Exploration and Mapping In 1603, Champlain sailed to the St. Lawrence River for the company of Aymar de Chaste, under the command of

A portfolio of eighty-two plates, including maps and illustrations by Champlain, plus one modern map by W.F. Ganong.

On July 17th, 1605, Samuel de Champlain's boat ran aground in Plymouth, fifteen years before the arrival of the Pilgrims. From the top of a sand dune, he sketched the harbor at Plymouth Bay, Port St. Louis to Champlain. The map depicts the Wampanoag village of Patuxet.

aground in Plymouth Harbor (Port St. Louis to Champlain). While waiting for the tide to come in, he drew the "Champlain map." Champlain never returned to New England. He spent the rest of his life exploring Canada and establishing New France.

Aug 2, 2023 · French explorer Samuel de Champlain began exploring North America in 1603, establishing the city of Quebec in the northern colony of New France, and mapping the Atlantic coast and the Great...