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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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 Discovery →
explored	Acadia → Atlantic coast of Canada → Great Lakes → Lake Champlain → New England coast → St. Lawrence River →
founded	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 peoples → Huron-Wendat →
mapped	New England coastline → St. Lawrence River valley → coast of Acadia →
marriagePlace	Paris →
nickname	Father of New France →
notableWork	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 → Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
New France → Saint Lawrence River →	exploredBy
Quebec City →	foundedBy
Old Quebec →	founder
Parliament Building of Quebec →	hasStatue
Champlain Canal →	namedAfter
New France →	notableGovernor