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  • NAME: Samuel de Champlain
  • OCCUPATION: Explorer, Diplomat
  • BIRTH DATE: 1567
  • DEATH DATE: December 25, 1635
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Brouage, Province of Saintonge, France
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Quebec, Canada
  • AKA: Samuel Champlain
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Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer and diplomat who founded Quebec City in 1608 and discovered the lake that bears his name.


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Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer. While still a young man, he began exploring North America. From three years he mapped Acadia. Then, in 1608, he established the French settlement that is now Quebec City. He was also the first to explore and describe the Great Lakes. In 1620, Louis XIII ordered him to cease exploration and govern Canada. Many places in North America bear his name.

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