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Samuel de Champlain

1567 - 1635

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Samuel de Champlain (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]; baptized 13 August 1574 – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, soldier, geographer, diplomat, and chronicler who founded Quebec City and established New France as a permanent French colony in North America. Champlain made between 21 and 29 voyages across the Atlantic Ocean during his career, founding Quebec on 3 July 1608. As an accomplished cartographer, he created the first accurate maps of North America's eastern coastline and the Great Lakes region, combining direct observation with information provided by Indigenous peoples. His detailed maps and written accounts provided Europeans with their first comprehensive understanding of the geography and peoples of northeastern North America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel de Champlain is the 50th most popular explorer, the 614th most popular biography from France (up from 718th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Explorer.

Samuel de Champlain is most famous for his exploration of the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Samuel de Champlain ranks 50 out of 498. Before him are Ernest Shackleton, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Martin Behaim, and William Clark. After him are Diego de Almagro, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Sven Hedin, Henry Morton Stanley, William Baffin, and Zhang Qian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1567, Samuel de Champlain ranks 4. Before him are Claudio Monteverdi, Francis de Sales, and Maurice, Prince of Orange. After him are Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Date Masamune, Willem Schouten, Eleanor de' Medici, Sanada Yukimura, Jacques Clément, Honoré d'Urfé, and Jindřich Matyáš Thurn. Among people deceased in 1635, Samuel de Champlain ranks 2. Before him is Lope de Vega. After him are Wilhelm Schickard, Jacques Callot, Şehzade Bayezid, Zacharias Janssen, John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Reza Abbasi, Elisabeth of Lorraine, Friedrich Spee, Joos de Momper, and Fakhr al-Din II.

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In France

Among people born in France, Samuel de Champlain ranks 614 out of 6,770. Before him are Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Peter II of Courtenay (1155), Claude Chabrol (1930), Marcel Mauss (1872), Marine Le Pen (1968), and Gabriel Marcel (1889). After him are Boris Vian (1920), Albert Uderzo (1927), Paul Doumer (1857), Michel Piccoli (1925), Caroline Bonaparte (1782), and Pérotin (1160).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Samuel de Champlain ranks 5. Before him are Jacques Cartier (1491), Jacques Cousteau (1910), Pytheas (-380), and Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729). After him are Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Jeanne Baret (1740), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), and Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705).

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