Champlain
Subtitle: peacemaker and explorer
By: written by Mary Beacock Fryer
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781554889419; 9781459700789; 9781554889402
Subjects: JUVENILE NONFICTION; French; General; French Discovery and exploration; History; Juvenile literature; Explorers; Biography; Discovery and exploration
Description: Samuel de Champlain has long been known as the founder of Quebec and as a tireless explorer. His efforts to establish a colony encountered setbacks in France, and since he was not of the nobility, he was therefore unfit for patronage. Without Champlain's detailed records, the years 1600 to 1640 in Canada would almost be a blank slate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Who was he?; title: Voyaging for the king, 1598-1603; title: The Tabagie, 1603; title: St. Croix, 1604; title: Port Royal : the first season, autumn 1605-Spring 1606; title: Port Royal : the golden year, 1606-1607; title: Paris to Quebec, 1607-1609; title: Autumn 1609 : Champlain's Harquebus (Arquebus); title: Second battle with the Iroqouis, 1610; title: Bad news, 1610; title: Closer contact with France, 1611-1615; title: Visit to Huronia and Lake Onondaga, 1615-1616; title: 1616-1620 : years of continuing struggle; title: Madame Champlain : first lady of New France, 1620-1624; title: Work in France, 1624-1626; title: The Richelieu takeover, 1627-1628; title: New France lost, 1629; title: Stalemate, 1630-1633; title: Peopling Quebec, 1633-1635; title: Aftermath, 1636-1650; title: Appendix A : Champlain's publications; title: Appendix B : Chronology.