Samuel de Champlain

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Samuel de Champlain

• Jessica Spudowski

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Basic Info.

• Samuel de Champlain
• The country he sailed for was Canada , Quebec
• The date he sailed for was July 1608

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Early Life

• Samuel de Champlain was born in Brouage , France
  1575
• He joined French Kings army
• Samuel de Champlain was in the military in his
  twenties
• He met with the Iroquois Indians

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What he was looking for

• Samuel de Champlain was looking for furs.
• He traded with the Native American tribes.
• He bought a colonist site of Quebec city and
  built a fort and called it The Fur Trading
  Empire.
• He was a member of a fur trading expendition.

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The route he took

• He took traveled west ward along the Ottawa
  River, he crossed the Lake Nipissing and then on
  to Georgian Bay in Lake Huron. Then crossed Lake
  Ontario into New York. Making the first known
  record of explorations of these reigons.

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What Samuel de Champlain Faced During the Journey

• In 1612 the fur companies appointed Samuel de
  Champlain governor of Quebec England.
• France went into war ,the English ships blocked
  Quebec and he was forced to surrender his fort
  the following year.
• When he returned to Quebec in 1633 and found it
  in ruins.
• Samuel broke his knee during his journey.

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Discoveries Made and How That Impacted The World

• Champlain increased the volume of the French fur
  trade.

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Other Additional Facts

• Samuel de Champlain died on December 25 1635.
• Lake Champlain was named after him.

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Reference

• Torpe ,f.j. Champlain, Samuel de. Grolier
  multimedia encyclopedia . Grioler online, 2012
  web 13 dec.2012
• Moir John s Champlain, Samuel de1567 1635 .The
  New book of Knowledge Grolier online 2012 web 12
  Dec. 2012.
• Champlain, Samuel de. America the Beautiful
  Grolier online, 2012 web. 10 Dec. 2012
• Samuel de Champlain , by Liz Sonneborn
• World book encyclopedia 1992 Edition.