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Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635) French explorer and founder of Quebec. "Bold and intrepid, farseeing and resourceful, tactful in his dealings with his white subordinates and his red allies, born to command, and thoroughly imbued with the spirit of adventure and discovery, he was the real founder of French power in America, and richly earned his title, 'The Father of New France.'" (The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. V, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920, 26-27.
Famous People, Selected Portraits From the Collections of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Samuel V. Daniel III and Barbara O. Natanson, eds., May, 2000, <http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/235_pot.html> Photomechanical print. [No date found on item.] Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-33292
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