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  1. Voyages and Explorations of Samuel De Champlain, 1604 to 1616 by Samuel De Champlain, 1922-06
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41. Explorers
Explorers of the new world. Contents. John Cabot. Jacques Cartier. ChristopherColumbus. samuel de champlain. Henry Hudson. Verrazano.
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Explorers of the New World Contents John Cabot Jacques Cartier Christopher Columbus Samuel de Champlain ... General Information John Cabot John Cabot - http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/cabot.html A biography of Cabot John Cabot - http://www.canadahistory.com/john2.htm - Illustrations enhance this biography of Cabot - From Encarta Encyclopedia online John Cabot - http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/cabot1497.html - John Cabot's Voyage of 1497 Back to Contents Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus - http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/columbus.html - A biography of Columbus Christopher Columbus = http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml - Biography. Includes a map The Columbus Navigation Homepage - http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/ - Examines the history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus Myths and Facts about Columbus - http://marauder.millersv.edu/~columbus/data/art/LAUFER02.ART - Did you know that horses were introduced to the new world by Columbus on his second voyage? Other interesting facts and some myths about Columbus are explained at this site. Back to Contents Jacques Cartier Jacques Cartier - http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/carti_e2.html#a

42. Listings Of The World Society History By Topic Exploration
Listings world Society History By Topic exploration Explorers champlain, samuel de
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43. Explorers Of The World
Discovery School samuel de champlain, samuel de champlain One of the Great Explorers.samuel de champlain Adventurer in new France, champlain.
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DISCOVERY.CA DISCOVERER'S WEB BIOGRAPHY.COM ... Saint Brendan Lists of Explorers: National Library of Canada - List of Explorers Museum of Civilization - Explorers Discoverers by alphabet Discoverers Web European Explorers Resources ... Explorers - Nice site with lots of information Explorers Site - many links Explorers Link Site Explorers of the Millennium - excellent Explorers Theme Page The Age of Exploration Curriculum Guide Biographies of European Explorations of America Early Explorers ... Return to top Individual Explorer Sites Vasco Núñez de Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa - History Vasco Nuñez de Balboa - Netherlands Vasco Da Balboa: First European To Site Pacific Ocean Balboa: His Great Discovery Vasco Núñez de Balboa - history Vasco Nu ez de Balboa and pictures Discovery.com Balboa Balboa - Germany Vasco Da Balboa: First European To Sight Pacific Ocean Vasco Nunez De Balboa by Thomas Quimby Vasco Núñez de Balboa The Great Explorers East Hampton Middle School ... Return to top J ames Cook BBC Education: James Cook Discovery School: James Cook The explorer Captain James Cook Captain James Cook ... Return to top Sir Humphrey Gilbert Sir Humphrey Gilbert Zoom Explorers: Sir Humphrey Gilbert Image of Sir Humphrey Gilbert Sir Humphrey Gilbert ... Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage To Newfoundland, 1583

44. CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE
des sauvages, ou voyage de samuel champlain de Brouagefait en In 1613 champlain againcrossed the Atlantic and all his country’s interests in the new world.
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CHAMPEAUX, WILLIAM OF See Victor Cousin, introduction to his Ouvragcs inidits d’Abélard (1836), and Fragments pour servir a l’histoire de Ia philosophic (1865); G. A. Patru, Wilhelmi Cam pellensis de natura ci de origine rerum placita (1847); E. Michaud, Guillaume de Champeaux ci les écoles de Paris au XII’ siècle (2nd ed. 1868); “William of Champeaux and his Times” in Christian Observer, lxxii. 843; B. Haurhau, Dc la philosophic scolastique (Paris, 1850); Opuscula in J. P. Migne’s Pairologia, clxiii. CHAMPERTY, or CHAMPARTY (Lat. campi partitio, 0. Fr. champ paTti), in. English law, a bargain between a plaintiff or defendant in a cause and another person, to divide the land (cam pum partiri) or other matter sued for, if they prevail, in consideration of that person carrying on or defending the suit at his own expense. It is a misdemeanour punishable by fine or imprisonment. It differs only from maintenance (q.v.), in that the recompense for the service which has been given - is always part of the matter in suit, or some profit growing out of it. So an agreement by a solicitor not to charge costs on condition of retaining for himself a share of the sums recovered would be illegal and void. It is not, however, champerty to charge the subject-matter of a suit in order to obtain the means of prosecuting it.

45. Discovery And Settlement Of The New World
Discovery and Settlement of the new world. Internet Links. samuel de champlain's 1607Map; Francisco Vásquez de Coronado; The Cabot Dilemma John Cabot's 1497
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46. Exploring Explorers
champlain.samuel de champlain Voyages, 1604. Columbus.Carmen Sandiego ConnectionTime Columbus and the new world 1493 This information from Britannica was
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Explorers Provides links to reports by Mrs. Vanicek’s Fifth Grade Class at Dodge Elementary School Grand Island, Nebraska Explorers of the New World This was created by fifth graders at Palisades Elementary School in Lake Oswego, Oregon Explorers list These are projects of year 5 and year 6 students at Hallet Cove South Primary. The Exploration of the Americas This was created by Dr. Prudhomme's fifth grade class at V.L Murray Elementary. Explorer Card Student Work by fourth graders at Germantown Academy. Explorers of the Millennium This was created by some 4th and 5th grade students at Sherwood School in Highland Park, IL. It was the 4th place winner of the 1998 ThinkQuest Jr. Contest. Explorers This was created by three juniors at the University of Richmond. Discovery: The New World World Culture Page by Richard Hooker 1997 associated with Washington State University Explorers and Exploration – Discovering the Explorers Page by Robinson Research World of Knowledge Age of Exploration Curriculum Guide Latitude: The Art and Science of Fifteenth Century Navigation at Rice University Discovery and Exploration at American Memory Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Discoverers Web by Andre Engels Exploration is a Risky Business by the Discoverers Web. This lists explorers who died while exploring.

47. Bigchalk: HomeworkCentral: European Exploration (New York)
HIGH SCHOOL BEYOND United States History State Histories new York EuropeanExploration. Giovanni da Verrazzano; samuel de champlain; Henry Hudson; The
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  • 48. MODULE 1
    samuel de champlain's settlement at Acadia _; Jacques Cartier's first trip ChristopherColumbus' voyage to the new world _. Cartier's trip up the St.
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    HISTORY OF QUEBEC AND CANADA MODULE 1 THE FRENCH EMPIRE IN NORTH AMERICA (Classification and chronological activities)
    CLASSIFY
    THE DATA BELOW ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING THREE CATEGORIES : A) Occupation of the territory
    • reasons for explorations Cartier's voyages geographic conditions
    B) The fur trade
    • concepts of colonization mercantilism territorial and military consequences
    C) Amerindian civilizations
    • sociocultural organization of the Amerindians mutual influences
    1. From the Indians the French learned how to use canoes, snowshoes, and toboggans to travel in the woods. 2. He travelled to Hochelaga and later that year he spent the winter at Stadacona. 3. New France was a sparsely populated trading colony. 4. The Algonquins obtained their food mainly by hunting, fishing, and gathering. 5. The French and English formed military alliances with certain native groups. 6. The extensive system of rivers and lakes favoured the exploration of the continent during the French regime. 7. Their homes consisted of birchbark tents called wigwams. 8. The Iroquois led a sedentary way of life.

    49. New World Explorers
    Use the links below to research a new world explorer. samuel de champlain. champlain(student projects by Gander Academy). Historical Biographies. Voyages 1607.
    http://www.nwoca.org/~ayr_www/rath/explorers.html
    New World Explorers
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    Power Point Directions: Use short phrases. Too many words is boring and hard to read. Use a large size and a simple font style. Words on the screen must be readable. Include a picture on each slide except for the title slide and the source slide. Pictures may be from clip art or the Internet, or they may be scanned. Make 8 to 10 slides for your presentation. Start with a title slide and end with a source slide. Check your spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Print an outline view copy of your presentation in order to prepare your speech. Use the links below to research a New World explorer. Follow the links on those sites to additional information about your explorer.
    Clip Art for Presentations
    Discoverers' Web This is an alphabetical list of many sites for many different explorers. Click on the appropriate alphabet letter to locate your explorer.
    Explorers of the Millenium This ThinkQuest Junior site has lots of links to lots of explorers. Check out the Hall of Fame and the Explorer Links to find out more information about your explorer.
    John Cabot
    Early Explorer Project (written by another 5th Grader) John Cabot (student projects by Gander Academy) The Mariners' Museum (John and Sebastian Cabot)
    Samuel de Champlain
    Champlain (student projects by Gander Academy) Historical Biographies Voyages 1607 The Explorers
    Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    Famous Hispanics (Vasco Nunez de Balboa) First European to See the Pacific Ocean
    Jacques Cartier

    50. Thomas Parker
    and the Summer Isles, and champlain's The Voyages of samuel de champlain view of thetexts of Columbus, Smith, and champlain holds that the new world is a
    http://www.cl.uh.edu/itc/course/LITR/4231/fnlparker.htm
    Thomas Parker Literature of Early AmericaFinal Exam Dr. White Dec. 14, 2000 This exam was originally written in-class, but the student generously mailed in this copy upon request Essay Question The Earliest examples of writing from or pertaining to the New World differ in many ways from what is traditionally considered Literature. Central to this difference are the authors of the material. Christopher Columbus, John Smith, and Samuel de Champlain's accounts of their experiences in the New World were not published, or for that matter even read, because of their writing abilities, but rather because they had experienced something unique. These are the predominate attitudes of the early writers who give mainly information on how the Old World may benefit from the New World. They serve as a history of the dialogue between the explorers and those who they would induce to aid them in their exploration and colonization. As the era of the Puritanical Colonization of North America is approached the writing grows closer to our modern concept of Literature. With Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation the writing of early America expands to include the struggle of individuals, of personalities. Here we move more into the private world with Bradford's description the voyage to the New World and the hardships of settlement there. Though both the people and the time period is greatly removed from a modern reader's experiences, it is easy to identify with the group of settlers as Bradford relates to us their struggle, if not on an individual basis, then at least on the basis of the struggle of humanity.

    51. American Passages - Unit 2. Exploring Borderlands: Authors
    1492, the same year that Christopher Columbus landed in the West Indies and declaredhimself discoverer of the new world. Go samuel de champlain (c. 1570
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    Samuel de Champlain (c. 1570-1635)

    Often called the "Father of New France," Samuel de Champlain was a leader in exploring and claiming vast areas of North America for France. Born in the town of Brouage on the Atlantic coast of France, Champlain learned the arts of seafaring, navigation, and cartography early in his life. Because he was passionately interested in, as he put it, "obtain[ing] a knowledge of different...
    Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)

    In his 1828 biography of Christopher Columbus, American author Washington Irving styled Columbus as the archetypal American hero. Walt Whitman similarly lauded Columbus as an early mystic and religious seeker in his poem "Prayer of Columbus." Other authors and thinkers have not always agreed with these nineteenth-century hagiographies. In fact, Columbus has inspired controversy...

    52. Meet The Explorers
    Site An exploration Timeline European Explorers in the new world Explorers on Columbus'Ships Coronado, the explorer exploration of samuel champlain Maps of
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    Meet the Explorers
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    53. Kids And Teens Biography Explorers
    samuel de champlain Short, simple Columbus - Illustrated page created by studentstells about the first man since the Vikings to discover the new world.
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    Our Aims Services Stats ... Z Kids and Teens Biography Explorers Alonso de Ojeda, the Explorer - Excerpt from a 19th century history text tells the story of this Spanish explorer of North America. Australian Explorers - Provides detailed accounts of the men who explored and mapped the continent of Austrailia. Designed especially for elementary school students. Discoverers Web: Alphabetical List - Links to information on the lives of dozens of explorers. Discovery School's Exploration Station - Collection of articles based on World Book Encyclopedia, tell about the most famous Europeans who set sail for new lands during the 15th and 16th centuries. Early Explorers of California - Features short biographies of five of the first explorers of California. The Electronic Passport to David Livingstone - Short, illustrated biography created for middle school students. Explorer Poems - A fifth grade class shares the poems they wrote about the lives of famous explorers. Explorers - Fifth- and sixth-year students answer common questions about the lives of well-known explorers. Explorers: Can You Identify Them?

    54. The Mariners' Museum - Newport News, Virginia
    With wars raging in Europe, the French eventually lost interest in the new world. Cartierwas followed by countrymen samuel de champlain and Sieur de La description Short biography from The Mariners' Museum highlights Cartier's accomplishments.Category Kids and Teens People and Society Cartier, Jacques
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    THE VOYAGES OF JACQUES CARTIER
    Main Menu While the English were concentrating on a northwest passage to Asia, the French King, Francois I commissioned Jacques Cartier (born in 1491) to find a way west to the Pacific and claim new lands for France. Cartier's expedition set sail from the port of St. Malo in [1534] with two ships. After passing Newfoundland, Cartier discovered the mouth of the St. Lawrence River in present-day Canada. On his second voyage in 1535, Cartier with the help of Indian guides explored the St. Lawrence River and passed the future sites of present-day Quebec and Montreal. He sailed back to France in 1536 after he and his crew suffered from scurvy and extreme cold. By 1541, King Francois was committed to settle in the new lands discovered by Cartier. With wars raging in Europe, the French eventually lost interest in the New World. But Frenchmen followed Cartier's route up the St. Lawrence to establish a lucrative trade network with the Indians. Cartier was followed by countrymen Samuel de Champlain and Sieur de La Salle . Champlain established the first permanent settlement at Quebec, explored the St. Lawrence, the coasts of Nova Scotia, and Maine. He discovered Lake Champlain in New York and traveled as far north as Lake Huron. La Salle wanted to establish French rule from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi Valley. He explored the Mississippi river and claimed the surrounding territory of Louisiana for France.

    55. New Page 1
    School Net Biography of samuel de champlain. samuel de champlain Biography.James Cook Biography. 'Frankenfoods' or Brave new world?
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    PROJECT LINKS Mrs. Cameron Math Ms. Dale Canadian History Mr. Whalen Mass Hysteria Ms. Holt Histoire ... Mr. Murray Co-Op Mathematics: Mrs. Cameron Cornell Theory Center: Math and Science Gateway Math Forum Internet Mathematics Library Yahoo! Science: Mathematics Math Guide: State and University Library Gottingen (SUB) Germany ... Math Archives: History of Mathematics Conquest: Ms. Dale The Meeting of Moctezuma and Cortes Arrival of the Spanish Moctezuma About Moctezuma ... The Aztecs - 2 Les Explorateurs : Ms. Holt Les Explorateurs Les Explorateurs du XVIème Siècle L'Exploration du Canada Les Grands Explorateurs du Canada ... Parks Canada (L'Anse aux Meadows - Les vikings) Vikings Poetry About Poetry Canadian Poetry Canadian Poets: University of Toronto English Library Find a Poem (Poetry Exhibits) ... Yahoo! Poetry Search Co-op Career Options/Job Search Assignment: Mr. Murray Human Resources Development Canada Career Awareness Web Site Canada Workinfo.net TIANS links to Career and Career Options for Youth Mass Hysteria: Mr. Whalen The Assignment UK Foot and Mouth Disease: The Untold Story CNN: Mad Cow Disease, Counting the Cost

    56. Eureka! New Land Discovered
    European Explorers of the new world Information on several explorers. La Salle, FranciscoCoronado, John Cabot, and samuel de champlain including sponsoring
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    EUREKA! New Land Discovered! Introduction The Task Resources The Process ... Conclusion
    Introduction
    The year is 1678. After the discovery and exploration of the Americas, you decide there must be more lands to discover. You need to obtain sponsorship from the country, Strata, and propose an accomplishment should your mission be successful. Strata has never sent an explorer on a mission. You are going to use Spain, France, and England’s successful missions as reasons you should be sponsored.
    The Task
    You will gather information on Robert La Salle, Francisco Coronado, John Cabot, and Samuel de Champlain. You will use this information to support why Strata should sponsor your mission to discover another new land.
    Resources
    Below are websites containing information on the four explorers you will be examining:
    The Process
    Gather information on Robert La Salle, Francisco Coronado, John Cabot, and Samuel de Champlain including sponsoring country and accomplishments.

    57. History Of Canada
    samuel de champlain The Father of new France The Hudson's last voyage, in the timeof champlain , and the that the easiest riches of the new world were to be
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    The Founding of New France
    Throughout the rest of the 16th century the European fishing fleets continued to make almost annual visits to the eastern shores of Canada. Chiefly as a sideline of the fishing industry, there continued an unorganized traffic in furs. At home in Europe new methods of processing furs were developed and beaver hats in particular grew very fashionable. Thus new encouragement was given to the infant fur trade in Canada.
    Among his lieutenants was a geographer named Samuel de Champlain, who promptly carried out a major exploration of the northeastern coastline of what is now the United States (see Champlain). In the spring the St. Croix settlement was moved to a new site across the Bay of Fundy, on the shore of the Annapolis Basin, an inlet in western Nova Scotia. Here at Port Royal in 1605 a settlement Champlain described as the Habitation was established. It was France's most successful colony to date. The land came to be known as Acadia.
    Samuel De Champlain - The Father of New France

    58. French Maps Of Early North America - Suite101.com
    world. The history of map making in the exploration of the new world. Biographies. http Biographies. Biography of samuel champlain. http
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    59. Explorers
    samuel de champlain Explores Massachusetts Hernando deSoto The new world Historicalbackground; important facts and information about the deSoto Expedition.
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    Explorers and Exploration
    Saint Mark's School-5th Grade Discoverer's Web Great Explorers of the World and Their Expeditions American Explorers Page: An alphabetical listing of famous American Explorers, photographs, biographies available for some explorers - listed in alphabetical order Discoverers and Explorers: Important facts and information about Lewis and Clark, the Astorians, Pike and Long, Mountain Men, Fur Trading Companies, and Fremont Early Explorers: Photographs, important facts and information about Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Giovanni da Verrazano, Henry Hudson, Cornelius Mey Early Explorers; Important information and facts about Leif Ericsson, Marco Polo, Sir francis Drake, Columbus. Amerigo Vespucci. James Cook, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, Hernando Cortes Explorer: A website written by fifth grade students about world famous explorers; organized by time periods; explorers listed in alphabetical order Explorers : Biographic material and information on the voyages of famous explorers - explorers listed in alphabetical order Explorers of Mexico and the West: A website written by students for students with important facts and information about Coronado and Cortes Explorers of Northeastern America: A website written by students for students with important facts and information about Cabot, Cartier, Hudson, Leif Erikson, Verrazano

    60. NA - The Canadian West - Anticipation
    When the new world was first discovered, the great cartographers of Europe, suchas The inland sea was first given credibility by samuel de champlain.
    http://www.archives.ca/05/0529/052901/05290101_e.html
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    Northwest Passage
    When the New World was first "discovered," the great cartographers of Europe, such as Sebastian Munster , predicted that it was nothing more than a narrow strip of land. But, once they realized just how far apart the two continents really were, European adventurers of the seventeenth century began searching for a water route that might lead them around or through this great obstacle. The Northwest Passage became one of the most powerful geographical ideas of all time – a Holy Grail in Europe's quest for the untold riches of Cathay. With the English concentrating on more northerly approaches to the Northwest Passage, exploration of the western interior in the early-eighteenth century was left largely to the French. Their westward movement was fuelled by two major factors: their desire to check the flow of furs heading north to the English on Hudson Bay, and their continuing search for an inland waterway that was rumoured to lead to the Pacific.

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