Discovering the Face of Samuel de Champlain

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter 1
2. Contents 7
3. Preface 9
4. Historiography of Samuel Champlain 11
5. France in Champlain’s Time
6. The Royal Navy in Champlain’s Time 19
7. Henri IV and the World Overseas: A Decisive Time in the History of New France 24
8. Brouage in the Time of Champlain: A New Town Open to the World 33
9. American Aboriginals in the Ballets de Cour in Champlain’s Time 43
10. The European Fur Trade and the Context of Champlain’s Arrival 50
11. Before 1603
12. The Continent on which Champlain Set Foot in 1603 61
13. The Manuscripts of the Brief Discours 63
14. Is the Brief Discours by Champlain? 83
15. Research Report: A Mission to Spain 93
16. The French in New England before Champlain 98
17. Acadia: The Beginnings
18. Acadia in Champlain’s New France: From Arcadia to China 115
19. Champlain and Lescarbot: An Impossible Friendship 121
20. A Creation of Champlain’s: The Order of Good Cheer 135
21. Pierre Dugua de Mons: Lieutenant General of New France 143
22. Consolidation of a Colony
23. The Birth of the Franco-American Alliance 153
24. Migrations to New France in Champlain’s Time 163
25. Champlain and Ontario (1603–35) 180
26. Samuel de Champlain and Religion 191
27. Domestication of the Countryside and Provision of Supplies 205
28. Champlain, Administrator 211
29. Champlain’s Place-Names 218
30. The Challenges
31. Champlain, or the Empowerment of the Colonial Enterprise 233
32. Champlain and the Dutch 239
33. The Occupation of Quebec by the Kirke Brothers 245
34. Champlain’s Dream 258
35. Secret Invaders: Pathogenic Agents and the Aboriginals in Champlain’s Time 266
36. Champlain: Taking Stock
37. Champlain’s Voyage Accounts 279
38. From Champlain’s Voyage Accounts to His 1632 Report 284
39. Champlain: Painter? 302
40. Samuel de Champlain’s Cartography, 1603–32 312
41. Remembernig Champlain
42. In the Shoes of Samuel de Champlain 335
43. The Tercentenary of the French Settlement at Îie Sainte-Croix in 1604 347
44. Was Champlain a Man of His Time? 349
45. “Champlain’s Astrolabe” 351
46. Discovering the Face of Samuel de Champlain 354
47. Chronology 1567–1636 364
48. A Commentary on Champlain’s Surviving Cartography 1603–32 372
49. Bibliography 375
50. Illustration sources 385
51. Index 387