The Founder of New France: A Chronicle of ChamplainColby, Charles W. (Charles William)
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The Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain
Colby, Charles W. (Charles William)
Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France); Champlain, Samuel de, 1574-1635
3. The _Voyages_ of 1604-18 inclusive were translated by C. P. Otis for
the Prince Society of Boston, in three volumes, 1878-82, with the Rev.
E. F. Slafter as editor. This is a fine work, but not easily
accessible in its original form. Fortunately, Professor Otis's
translation has been reprinted, with an introduction and notes by
Professor W. L. Grant, in the _Original Narratives of Early American
History_ (Scribners, 1907). The passages quoted in the present volume
are taken from Otis's translation, with occasional changes.
4. The _Voyages_ of 1604-16 inclusive have also been well translated by
Annie Nettleton Bourne, with an introduction and notes by Professor E.
G. Bourne (A. S. Barnes and Co., 1906). This translation follows the
edition of 1632, and also gives the translation of _Des Sauvages_ which
appears in Purchas.
_General Literature_
The career of Champlain is treated in many historical works, of which
the following are a {154} few: Parkman, _Pioneers of France in the New
World_; Dionne, _Samuel de Champlain_ (in the 'Makers of Canada'
series); Biggar, _Early Trading Companies of New France_, Slafter,
_Champlain_ (in Winsor's _Narrative and Critical History of America_,
vol. iv, part i, chap. iii); Salone, _La Colonisation de la
Nouvelle-France_; Suite, _Histoire des Canadiens-Francais_; Ferland,
_Cours d'Histoire du Canada_; Garneau, _Histoire du Canada_, fifth
edition, edited by the author's grandson, Hector Garneau.
_Portrait_
Unfortunately, there is no authentic portrait of Champlain. That
ascribed to Moncornet is undoubtedly spurious, as has been proved by V.
H. Paltsits in _Acadiensis_, vol. iv, pp. 306-11.
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INDEX
Acadia, 22-3; the first French colony in, 24, 34-7, 40-8, 52-5;
abandoned, 56-8.
Alexander, Sir William, his interest in Acadia, 127 and note.
Algonquins, the, 68-9, 86-7, 101-2, 113-14; their expedition against
the Iroquois, 87-96.
America, early opinions regarding, 13.
Armouchiquois, the, 38, 39-40, 49-52.
Basques, the, 56 n.; defy French trading monopoly at Tadoussac, 63, 64.
Boyer, his public apology to Champlain, 78-9.
Brule, Etienne, explorer and interpreter, 97-8.
Caen, Emery de, represents France in the restoration of Quebec, 129.
Caen, William and Emery de, granted a monopoly in New France, 79-80,
117, 119-20; deprived of their charter, 122; monopoly restored, 129-30.
Cartier, Jacques, 61.
Champdore, with Champlain at Port Royal, 46.
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