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Samuel De Champlain

Statue of Samuel de Champlain, in the grounds of the National Gallery in Ottawa. Champlain (1580-1635) was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat and chronicler. He founded Quebec City on July 3, 1608, and served as its administrator and governor of New France for the rest of his life.

 

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