Samuel de Champlain

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cartographer colonial administrator explorer human navigator

Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer and cartographer known as the "Father of New France" for founding Quebec City and extensively mapping northeastern North America in the early 17th century.

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Label	Occurrences
Samuel de Champlain canonical	26

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cartographer ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ navigator ⓘ
activeYears	early 17th century ⓘ late 16th century ⓘ
birthCountry	Kingdom of France ⓘ
birthPlace	Brouage ⓘ
conflictedWith	Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of France ⓘ
deathCountry	New France ⓘ
deathPlace	Quebec City ⓘ
era	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery
explored	Acadia ⓘ Atlantic coast of Canada ⓘ Great Lakes ⓘ Lake Champlain ⓘ East Coast of the United States ⓘ surface form: New England coast Saint Lawrence River ⓘ surface form: St. Lawrence River
founded	New France ⓘ surface form: French colony of New France Quebec City ⓘ
knownFor	exploration of Acadia ⓘ exploration of the Great Lakes region ⓘ exploration of the St. Lawrence River ⓘ founding New France ⓘ founding Quebec City ⓘ mapping northeastern North America ⓘ
languageSpoken	French ⓘ
madeAllianceWith	Algonquin people ⓘ surface form: Algonquin peoples Wyandot ⓘ surface form: Huron-Wendat
mapped	Atlantic coast of North America ⓘ surface form: New England coastline Saint Lawrence River ⓘ surface form: St. Lawrence River valley coast of Acadia ⓘ
marriagePlace	Paris ⓘ
nickname	Father of New France ⓘ
notableWork	Voyages of Samuel de Champlain ⓘ surface form: Des Sauvages, ou Voyage de Samuel Champlain Voyages of Samuel de Champlain ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ cartographer ⓘ explorer ⓘ geographer ⓘ navigator ⓘ
participatedIn	early French colonization of North America ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of New France ⓘ Lieutenant General of New France ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse	Hélène Boullé ⓘ
workedFor	French Crown ⓘ surface form: French crown Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Champlain Canal → namedAfter → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Quebec City → foundedBy → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Saint Lawrence River → exploredBy → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

New France → notableGovernor → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

New France → exploredBy → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Parliament Building of Quebec → hasStatue → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Old Quebec → founder → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

French colonial authorities in New France → notableOfficeHolder → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Île Sainte-Hélène → discoveredBy → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Voyages of Samuel de Champlain → author → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Brouage → hasNotablePerson → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons → hasPartnershipWith → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Port Royal → foundedBy → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

subject surface form: Port Royal (Acadia)

Cap Diamant → associatedWith → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Champlain Bridge (Ottawa River) → namedAfter → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Governor General of New France → positionHeldBy → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Hélène Boullé → spouse → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Huronia region → visitedBy → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Quartier Petit Champlain → namedAfter → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Town of Champlain → namedAfter → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Saint John, New Brunswick → riverNamedBy → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Pioneers of France in the New World → hasNotableFigure → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Fathers and Crows → featuresHistoricalFigure → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

European explorers → notableExplorer → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Crown Point Lighthouse → isMemorialTo → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ

Champlain College → namedAfter → Samuel de Champlain ⓘ