biography
| name: |
Champlain, Samuel de
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pronunciation:
[shãplĩ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1567–1635)
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| biography:
| Governor of Canada, born in Brouage, W France. In a series of voyages he travelled to Canada (1603), exploring the E coast (1604–7), and founding Quebec (1608). He was appointed Lieutenant of Canada (1612), and established alliances with several Indian nations. When Quebec fell briefly to the British, he was taken prisoner (1629–32). From 1633 he was Governor of Quebec. L Champlain is named after him. |
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