Samuel+De+Champlain

Samuel De Champlain  by Evan and Jack  S amuel De Champlain was a very good French sailor and navigator. He discovered a lake and named it Lake Champlain. He was born in 1567 at Brouage, Saintonge and died at Quebec, 25 Dec, 1635. Samuel De Champlain’s dad was a ship-captain who gave his son a good education. As a kid Champlain was a skilled at seamanship and navigation. Early in Samuel De Champlain’s life he become a quartermaster of cavalry in the army. His uncle also in the army took command of the “St. Julian and in command he took the ship to the west indies in 1599.   In two years he found many islands and he landed in Vera Cruz. He traveled as far as what is now Mexico. When he returned to France Henry IV gave him a pension. in 1604-6 Champlain explored the coast to Cape Cod. He was the governor of French Canada. In 1603 he made his first voyage and he explored from the St. Lawrence to the rapids above Montreal and to Canada. He made friends with the Native Indians and on the way back he made a little book and he got it published. It was called Des sauvages, ou voyage de Samuel Champlain fait en la France Nouvel. When Samuel De Champlain was exploring, De Chastes had died. And his trading privileges were up to Pierre De Guast. Champlain was taken back to England as a prisoner. But he returned to Canada in 1633, and died two years later on Christmas day. Champlain will be remembered for exploring for what is now Canada, and the St.Lawrence River.

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