Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • BBC World Histories Magazine

    Samuel de Champlain: Explorer, diplomat, cartographer, coloniser

    Sep 10, 2020 1 minute

    amuel de Champlain (c1574–1635) was born in Brouage, a small port on the west coast of France; little is known of his childhood. He from his father and in Brittany. In 1598 he , and from 1601 to 1603 served as geographer to Henry IV, gleaning information about North America from French fishermen who trawled the north-west Atlantic.

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from BBC World Histories Magazine

    BBC World Histories Magazine6 min read
    An American Adventurer’s Pioneering Circuit Through The Peaks Of Central Asia
    In 1826 a ragtag party of eight men, injured and starving, stumbled into the lofty Hindu Kush north-east of Kabul. They had no map, no compass, no money, not even provisions. In fact, they had no clear destination: unlike most explorers, who aim to f
    BBC World Histories Magazine6 min read
    A Roman Poet’s Trek Through Eastern Gaul
    In AD 368, the Roman emperor Valentinian I marched east from Augusta Treverorum (now Trier, in western Germany), the imperial capital of Roman Gaul, to campaign beyond the Rhine. Later that year he won a hard-fought victory against the Alamanni at th
    BBC World Histories Magazine6 min read
    The First Greek Mission To Britain And The Arctic
    On the outer facade of the Palais de la Bourse in Marseille, France, a statue of a man stands high on a plinth. Flanked by columns and protected by a pedimental roof, his body is wrapped in layers of clothing as if to ward off the chill. His face is

    Related Books & Audiobooks