Carte de la Nouvelle France, augmentée depuis la dernière, ... par le Sr. de Champlain Capitaine pour le Roy ... [Map of New France, expanded since the previous one, ... by Sieur de Champlain, captain for the King
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- 1632
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Near the end of his life Champlain wrote a long account of his three decades of travels in North America. Accompanying his text was the large folding map that can be seen here (reproduced from a 19th-century facsimile). The western portion is probably based on verbal reports by Champlain's protege Etienne Brule, the only European thought to have visited the western Great Lakes before Jean Nicolet in 1634. Because Brule worked closely with Champlain, and because no other European is known to have visited the region before the map was published, modern historians assume he was the map-maker's source of information. Unfortunately, Brule had died by 1632 and Champlain had never personally traveled to the far west, so the cartographer erroneously put Green Bay (the Bay of Puants) north of Sault Ste. Marie rather than south of it. Nevertheless, historians generally agree that the detailed features of Lake Superior probably came from Brule's reports
- Creator
Champlain, Samuel de, ca 1567-1635
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Wisconsin Historical Society
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- Prince Society
- Subjects
- Native Americans
French Americans
Maps
Explorers
Harbors
Islands
Lakes
Mines and mineral resources
Rivers
Ho-Chunk - Language
- French
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- Champlain, Samuel de, ca 1567-1635. Carte de la Nouvelle France, augmentée depuis la dernière, ... par le Sr. de Champlain Capitaine pour le Roy ... [Map of New France, expanded since the previous one, ... by Sieur de Champlain, captain for the King. 1632. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/44368. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- Champlain, Samuel de, ca 1567-1635, (1632) Carte de la Nouvelle France, augmentée depuis la dernière, ... par le Sr. de Champlain Capitaine pour le Roy ... [Map of New France, expanded since the previous one, ... by Sieur de Champlain, captain for the King. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/44368
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- Champlain, Samuel de, ca 1567-1635. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/44368>.