SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN

WHO WAS CHAMPLAIN?

• His birth date is unknown but around 1567.
• He was a good fur trader.
• Wife's name Hèlène.
• He was cartographer ( map maker).
• Born in a small seaport town in France.
• A French explorer.
• He died on Christmas Day in 1635.
• He adopted three girls.

WHAT DID CHAMPLAIN DO?

• He was an expert fur trader and delivered fur to Europeans.
• He was a skilled navigator and part of the army.
• Sailed up the St. Lawrence river.
• Built settlements in what we now call Quebec
• He was the first person to map Canada.
• Went to search for the Northwest Passage to Asia .
• Sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from France to Canada.
• Set many trade routes in Quebec

WHERE DID CHAMPLAIN EXPLORE?

• Sailed from France in search of the Northwest Passage for gold and spices
• Sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to Canada
• Set up French colonies in Quebec

WHEN DID CHAMPLAIN EXPLORE?

• In 1603 he boarded the Bonne Renmmee and left France.
• He set up his first colony called St. Croix in 1604
• In 1608 he set up another French colony called Quebec

WHY DID CHAMPLAIN EXPLORE?

• He wanted silver, gold and silk so he was trying to find the Northwest Passage to Asia
• Wanted to find new and better lands.

HOW DID CHAMPLAIN EXPLORE? (TOOLS)

• Ate rats if he didn't have food in his travels.
• Left a map of Canada for other people to explore the colonies.
• Had a good relationship with native people.
• Was given money from the king of France
• Explored using ships, a map, a telescope and a crew of men.
• Boarded the ship Bonne Renmmee to sail across the Atlantic ocean.

HOW DID THE WORLD CHANGE ?

• Founded first colony in New France and called it Quebec.
• He mapped a lot of land in Northeast Canada
• He was a fur trader and started this kind of business
• He had good relationships with the Native people

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