The legendary French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec early in the 17th century, and the ramparts, gates, and other fortifications that subsequently surrounded the city serve as a rock ...

Samuel de Champlain wasn't the first Frenchman to reach Québec, but he was the first to stick around. In 1535, explorer Jacques Cartier stopped at the site – it was then an aboriginal village ...

Not long after the arrival of Samuel de Champlain and his men in Quebec, in July of 1608, the plan to establish a permanent trading post there was threatened. Champlain was tending his garden when ...

Students in Joshua Rose’s class studied the contributions of explorers such as Samuel de Champlain, Hernando de Soto, Francisco Pizarro, and Amerigo Vespucci. Each group was assigned one ...