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Pub. Date
[1972]
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[1st ed.]
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Citing frequently from Champlain's own published accounts of his explorations of New France, Legare chronicles Champlain's intense efforts to publicize, map, and colonize the northeastern shores of North America and the valley of the St. Lawrence. From 1603 until his death in 1635, Samuel de Champlain devoted all of his energies to giving France a foothold in the New World. -- from Amazon.com
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An obsessive historian's quest for the remains of the founder of Quebec, Samuel de Champlain, ends in murder. Could a secret buried with Champlain for nearly 400 years be so dreadful that someone would kill to protect it? Although he is supposed to be on leave, Chief Inspector Gamache cannot walk away from a crime that threatens to ignite long-smoldering tensions between the English and the French. Meanwhile, he is receiving disquieting letters from...
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
In 1609 a group of allied Native nations brough the first European to the valley: Frenchman Samuel de Champlain. They came to do battle - and catapulted the region onto the stage of world history. Native cultures had already been farming, fishing and hunting in the region for thousands of years. Over time the lake became a maritime highway for fur traders who formed powerful alliances among many Native and European nations. In the 1700s French...
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c2009
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At Lake Between examines the July 1609 expedition of explorer Samuel de Champlain to the lake that now bears his name, focusing on Indigenous spiritual, cultural, and military customs. Professor Wiseman gives us an alternative view of the first European entrance into what is now Vermont. Through primary sources, interpretive text and color illustrations, At Lake Between looks at this historic encounter from a native perspective, focused not on Champlain,...
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"America's northern border is the world's longest international boundary, yet it remains obscure even to Americans. The northern border was America's primary border for centuries--much of the early history of the United States took place there--and to the tens of millions who live and work near the line, the region even has its own name: the northland. Travel writer Porter Fox spent three years exploring 4,000 miles of the border between Maine and...
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