Volume 1

The voyages and explorations of Samuel de Champlain (1604-1616) / narrated by himself ; translated by Annie Nettleton Bourne, together with the voyage of 1603, reprinted from Purchas his pilgrimes ; edited with introduction and notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne ; with special introduction by W.L. Grant.

  • Champlain, Samuel de, 1574-1635.
Date:
1911
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Credit: The voyages and explorations of Samuel de Champlain (1604-1616) / narrated by himself ; translated by Annie Nettleton Bourne, together with the voyage of 1603, reprinted from Purchas his pilgrimes ; edited with introduction and notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne ; with special introduction by W.L. Grant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    as large as France; their situation; the fa- cility with which a safe and important com- merce can be carried on there; the great profit to be derived from it; the fact that our Kings have taken possession of a large part of the country; the missions that they have instituted there of various religious orders; their progress in the conversion of a good many savages; [the account of] the clearing of certain tracts of land, by which you will discover that they in no way fall short of the soil of France in fertility; and, finally, the settlements and forts which have been built there in the name of France. The fact that I have been assiduously engaged in the preservation of these beginnings, as well as in a large number of these discover- ies, for the last thirty years, both by the au- thority of our viceroys, and by that of your Grace, will be my excuse, Monseigneur, if you please, for the liberty that I take in of- fering you this little treatise, feeling confi- dent that it will not be disagreeable to you; not out of consideration for myself, but only out of consideration for the public, who already make your name resound on the shores of every sea throughout the habi- table earth, with their acclamations of the results of which the continuation of your glorious deeds gives promise. And since