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“One July day four hundred years ago, Samuel de Champlain stepped out of a small boat at Quebec and began a great adventure.” So begins Christopher Moore’s riveting account of the life of the extraordinary, daring “father of New France.”
Samuel de Champlain helped found the first permanent French settlement in the New World; he established the village that eventually became the great city of Quebec; he was a skilled...

Presents an account of Cartier's life and explorations and examines their impact on history and the world.

A biography of the French explorer who founded Quebec, discovered Lake Champlain, and was called the Father of New France.

The well-educated son of an Italian family, Verrazzano settled in Dieppe, France, as a young man. This explains why his historic explorations of the coast of eastern North America were undertaken in the name of the French king. During his 1524 journey, Verrazzano recorded a detailed account of the places he visited, one that would prove a key source of information about North America. Readers will also learn about Verrazzano's later journey to

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"Learn about the life and achievements of this famous explorer."--From source other than the Library of Congress

Follows the travels of the explorer Cartier, who is credited with securing Canada for France.

Presents an account of Jolliet's life and explorations and examines their impact on history and the world.