Samuel de Champlain: Founder of New France: A Brief History with Documents Book

Foreword Preface List of Maps and Illustrations

PART ONE. INTRODUCTION: SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN: BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE NEW WORLD
     France and North America Before Champlain
     Explorer, Cartographer, Diplomat, Enigma (Colonial Administrator)
     Champlain's Legacy: Founder of New France?

PART TWO. THE DOCUMENTS
1. Explorer
      1. Samuel de Champlain, On Exploring the Coast of Nurumbega (Maine), 1604
      2. Samuel de Champlain, On Attempts to Visit the "Inland Sea" (Hudson's Bay), 1613
2. Navigator, Cartographer, and Illustrator
      3. Guillemme Levasseur, A Map of the Atlantic Ocean, 1601
      4. Samuel de Champlain, Map of the Atlantic Coast from Acadia to Nantucket Sound, 1607
      5. Samuel de Champlain, detail from A Map of New France for the Literate Public, 1612
      6. Samuel de Champlain, Map of 1613 (Document 6)
      7. Samuel de Champlain, On the Duties and Skills of a Good Seaman, 1632
3. Witness to the Native American World
      8. Samuel de Champlain, Renewing a Crucial Alliance Between the French and the Montagnais, May 1603
      9. Samuel de Champlain, Observations and Mutual Incomprehension at Tadoussac, 1603
      10. Samuel de Champlain, On the Founding of Québec, and Observations of the Montagnais Living Nearby, 1608
     11. Samuel de Champlain, A Journey Into Iroquois Territory and a Battle at Lake Champlain, 1609
     12. Samuel de Champlain, In Huronia—Observations and A Military Alliance, 1615-1616
4. Administrator and Diplomat
     13. Samuel de Champlain, Two Ceremonies in Acadia: A Souriquois Funeral and the Order of Good Cheer, 1606-1607
     14. Samuel de Champlain, On Mediating Struggles Over the Fur Trade, 1620
     15. Samuel de Champlain, Conflict and Negotiations With the Natives, 1627
     16. Samuel de Champlain, An English Blockade Threatens Québec's Survival, 1628

Appendixes
      A Chronology of the Life of Samuel de Champlain (1523-1635)
      Questions for Consideration
      Selected Bibliography

Index