USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -1 Samuel de Champlain Samuel de Champlain (1567?-1635) was a French explorer and navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America and started a settlement in Quebec. Champlain also discovered the lake named for him (Lake Champlain, on the border of northern New York state and Vermont, in 1609).

Detailed explanation-2: -Known as the “Father of New France, ” Samuel de Champlain played a major role in establishing New France from 1603 to 1635. He is also credited with founding Quebec City in 1608. He explored the Atlantic coastline (in Acadia), the Canadian interior and the Great Lakes region.

Detailed explanation-3: -Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer, navigator and the first European to discover the beauty and awe of Lake Champlain and the Champlain Valley. Born in Brouage, France, Samuel de Champlain acquired his skills as a mariner from his father, who was a ship captain.

Detailed explanation-4: -He discovered Lake Champlain in 1609 and made other explorations of what are now northern New York, the Ottawa River, and the eastern Great Lakes.

Detailed explanation-5: -King Henry IV wanted to the French to begin settling in the New World in hopes that wealth could be brought back to France. So he sent an expedition to locate a place in the New World to establish a French colony and fur trade settlement. Samuel de Champlain would be among the men who would take part in this venture.