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Port-Royal (Acadia)
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Port Royal was a historic settlement based around the upper Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada, and the predecessor of the modern town of Annapolis Royal.
Fort at Port-Royal (1702)
Fort at Port-Royal (1702)
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
Siege of St. John (1645) – d'Aulnay defeats La Tour in Acadia
Siege of St. John (1645) – d'Aulnay defeats La Tour in Acadia
Samuel de Champlain
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Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, soldier, geographer, diplomat, and chronicler who founded Quebec City and established New France as a permanent French colony in Nor
Port-Royal (Acadia)
…settlement in what is today known as Canada and was a critical step in the establishment of New France. It was the first permanent base of exploration for Samuel de Champlain, who would later found Quebec in 1608. It was also where Louis Hébert pioneered many European agricultural practices in the New World, including…
Detail from "Défaite des Iroquois au Lac de Champlain", Champlain Voyages (1613). This self-portrait is the only surviving contemporary likeness of th
Detail from "Défaite des Iroquois au Lac de Champlain", Champlain Voyages (1613). This self-portrait is the only surviving contemporary likeness of the explorer.
Inauthentic depiction of Champlain, by Théophile Hamel (1870), after the one by Ducornet, based on a portrait of Michel Particelli d'Émery by Balthasa
Inauthentic depiction of Champlain, by Théophile Hamel (1870), after the one by Ducornet, based on a portrait of Michel Particelli d'Émery by Balthasar Moncornet. No authentic portrait of Champlain is known to exist.
Sir Sandford Fleming Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia – Stone from Samuel de Champlain's birthplace in Brouage, France (1574)
Sir Sandford Fleming Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia – Stone from Samuel de Champlain's birthplace in Brouage, France (1574)
Champlain and guide in Isle La Motte, Vermont, at the site Champlain is said to have first set foot in Vermont (and encamped) in 1609. Lake Champlain
Champlain and guide in Isle La Motte, Vermont, at the site Champlain is said to have first set foot in Vermont (and encamped) in 1609. Lake Champlain is in the background. (Sculptor E.L.Weber, 1967; Photo by Matt Wills, 2009)