Samuel De Champlain Research Paper

Samuel de Champlain the founder of Quebec was a French Explorer and Cartographer best known for establishing and governing the settlement of New France when the British signed the treaty to give it to the French and the city of Quebec to the British. He was married to Helene Boulle (56).He had three daughters Hope,Charity,and Faith de Champlain. Samuel de Champlain was born in 1574 in Brouage, France. He began exploring North America in 1603. In his exploring he mapped the Atlantic Coast,and he also explored the Great Lakes plus many more things that he explored. His health got bad and started failing which lead to his death on December 25,1635 (Christmas Day) at the age of 61 while in Quebec discovering. He was also likely born a Protestant, but converted to Catholicism as a young adult (teenager). Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635) first became known when his reporters of his travels to the West Indies and Central America with a Spanish expedition in 1598 caught the attention of the French King, Henri IV. The reason for Samuel
He sailed around North America and when he did he explored the whole place in the year of 1603. The leading of all of his exploring was a man named King Henry IV.
Samuel de Champlain spent some time writing about his travels until, in 1632, the British and the French signed the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, returning Quebec to the French. When the British and French signed the Treaty they signed it saying that the French could have control over Quebec. Champlain returned to be its Governor. By this time, however, his health was failing and he was forced to retire in 1633. He died in Quebec on Christmas day in