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Genre/Form: | Biography History Biographies |
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Named Person: | Samuel de Champlain; Samuel de Champlain |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Hackett Fischer |
ISBN: | 1416593330 9781416593331 1416593322 9781416593324 |
OCLC Number: | 320196263 |
Description: | xiii, 834 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm |
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. |
Responsibility: | David Hackett Fischer. |
Abstract:
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.
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