SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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A French privateer who made three voyages to the New World.
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An Italian privateer who served the King of France.
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A French explorer who discovered two of the Great Lakes.
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The leader of the Iroquois.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Samuel de Champlain, (born 1567?, Brouage, France-died December 25, 1635, Quebec, New France [now in Canada]), French explorer, acknowledged founder of the city of Quebec (1608), and consolidator of the French colonies in the New World.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Samuel de Champlain (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]; c. 13 August 1567 – 25 December 1635) was a French colonist, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.