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David Hackett FischerPublication Details
Book1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edSimon & Schuster2008Availability
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Description
In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlain — soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and Father of New France. The historical record is unclear on whether Champlain was baptized Protestant or Catholic, but he fought in France’s religious wars for the man who would become Henri IV, one of France’s greatest kings, and like Henri, he was religiously tolerant in an age of murderous sectarianism. Throughout his three decades in North America, Champlain remained committed to a remarkable vision, a Grand Design for France’s colony. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Notes
- Map on lining papers
- Traces the story of Quebec’s founder while explaining his influential perspectives about peaceful colonialism, in a profile that also evaluates his contributions as a soldier, mariner, and cultural diplomat
Contents
- Introduction: In search of Champlain
- A leader in the making
- Explorer of Acadia
- Founder of Quebec
- Builder of New France
- Father of French Canada
- Conclusion: a leader’s long reach
- Memories of Champlain : images and interpretations, 1608-2008
- Appendixes
ISBN
- 9781416593324
- 1416593322
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