He got to what is now Lake Champlain. i dont exactly remember where it is.
He was trying to find a new, faster route to China for the trading companies.
Samuel de Champlain actually intended to colonize New France; none of the other French explorers tried to sail to Asia, they where competing to make a settlement in the 'new land'.
Samuel De Champlain wanted to help gain wealth for France since it was a poor country and had no way of gaining wealth. King Henry IV wanted people to find new land so Samuel De Champlain didn't really actually care where he wanted to go. He just wanted to find wealth for France. No, he did not want to go to Asia! Christopher Columbus did and Henry Hudson but not Samuel De Champlain. I never get why people get so confused with these facts.
It really WAS faster to just go East to get there.
The Portuguese were trying to find an alternate route to get to India. The exotic Indian trade goods were loved by Europeans, but to get there you had to walk through Europe and Asia, or Sail all the way under the continents. Thus many explorers attempted to find a faster way to get to India.
From spain I would say Africa although your better off using Suez canal and you will instantly be in Asia.
He was looking for a water route to Asia. The Silk Road was long, dangerous, and expensive so water route would be faster and get more things to Europe.
No, Samuel de Champlain did not go to jail. He was a French explorer, navigator, and the founder of Quebec City in Canada. He played a crucial role in the early exploration and colonization of North America.
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Samuel de Champlain found a trading post amd became the city of quebec.
Samuel de Champlain mapped the coastline of Canada and explored the Great Lakes. He traveled the St. Lawrence River and the Richelieu River and named Lake Champlain after himself.