Samuel de Champlain was looking for 'The Northwest Passage' - a water route to China.
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Samuel de Champlain was searching for a western route to Asia to sell goods. Instead he found North America, Quebec, Canada to be precise.
To find a water route across the continent.
so he could get there faster
He wante to find a water route to asia. He wante to find a water route to asia.
1500 miles with his ship and crew across the ocean blue
Samuel was a French navigator and he was born in Brouage, Saintonge. Champlain spent time during 1601-1603 on voyages as far as the West Indies. Samuel Champlain had some interest and curiosity about Acadia (the area of Newfoundland and around the St. Lawrence), where he wished to find mines and a more effective route into the interior.
He would have to be to get on a ship about the size of a basketball court and sail off to nowhere to find a route to Asia.
He wanted to discover a water route across the continent!
Champlain accomplished many goals throughout his lifetime... he made voyages from France to North America in search of the trade route to Asia. Samuel De Champlain developed fur trade with the natives, and helped France. He built a colony in France and was remembered as "Father of new France. He also went on raids and was the first European to find Lake Champlain which he named for himself. :D
Samuel de Champlain was a soldier, cartographer, and explorer. He made many journeys and did not always follow the same route. He explored much of Canada as well as parts of the northeastern United States. He spent a great deal of time in Quebec.