The Makers of Canada: Champlain

A concise biography recounts Samuel Champlain's voyages, nautical skill, and role in establishing a permanent settlement at Quebec, narrating early expeditions to Acadia and the foundation of the Habitation there. It examines his mapping and cosmographical work, involvement in the fur trade and the Company of New France, relations and alliances with Indigenous nations, encounters with religious orders and missionary activity, military campaigns against the Iroquois, the English capture and later restoration of the colony, and the gradual growth of Quebec. Chapters combine narrative chronology, thematic discussion of commerce, religion, and governance, and a chronological appendix with documentary detail.