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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 77. Chapters: Samuel de Champlain, Henry Hudson, Abel Tasman, Evliya Celebi, Robert Bylot, William Baffin, John Smith, Jacob Le Maire, Christopher Levett, Christopher Newport, Bento de Gois, Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Pieter Nuyts, Robert Dudley, John Rolfe, Pedro Fernandes de Queiros, Etienne Brule, Semyon Dezhnyov, Willem Janszoon, Bartholomew Gosnold, Jonas Poole, Joris Carolus, Nicholas Woodcock, Jens Munk, Adriaen Block, Robert Fotherby, Dirk Hartog, James Rosier, Jacques l'Hermite, Thomas Edge, Isaq Schrijver, Willem de Vlamingh, Pedro Teixeira, Maarten Gerritsz Vries, Reijnjer van Tzum, Thomas Marmaduke, Jean Nicolet, John Mildenhall, Willem Schouten, Hendrik Brouwer, Estevao Cacella, Fedot Alekseyev Popov, Antonio de Andrade, Frederick de Houtman, Piers Griffith, Antonio Raposo Tavares, Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout, Domingos Jorge Velho, Matthijs Quast, Jan Carstenszoon, Richard Whitbourne, Francois Thijssen, Martim Soares Moreno, Steven Bennet, John Cunningham, Lionel Wafer, Nicolas de Cardona, Luke Foxe, Abraham Blauvelt, Martin d'Aguilar, Joris van Spilbergen, James Hall, Hendrick Christiaensen, David Melgueiro, Joao Cabral, Baltazar Fernandes. Excerpt: Samuel de Champlain (French pronunciation: born Samuel Champlain; ca. 1567 - December 25, 1635), "The Father of New France," was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608. Born into a family of master mariners, Champlain, while still a young man of 16, began exploring North America in 1603 under the guidance of Francois Grave Du Pont. From 1604-1607, Champlain participated in the exploration and settlement of the first permanent European settlement north of Florida, Port Royal, Acadia (1605). Then, in 1608, he established...
