Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French explorer Samuel de Champlain.
Last updated on November 15, 2024.
Samuel de Champlain was a French colonist, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He made between 21 and 29 trips across the Atlantic Ocean, and founded Quebec, and New France, on 3 July 1608. An important figure in Canadian history, Champlain created the first accurate coastal map during his explorations, and founded various colonial settlements.
I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.
They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers.
The advice I give to all adventurers is to seek a place where they may sleep
in safety.