{"product_id":"9780887766572","title":"Champlain","description":"\u003cp\u003e“One July day four hundred years ago, Samuel de Champlain stepped out of a small boat at Quebec and began a great adventure.” So begins Christopher Moore’s riveting account of the life of the extraordinary, daring “father of New France.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamuel de Champlain helped found the first permanent French settlement in the New World; he established the village that eventually became the great city of Quebec; he was a skilled cartographer who gave us many of our first accurate maps of North America; he forged alliances with Native nations that laid the foundations for vast trading networks; and as governor, he set New France on the road to becoming a productive, self-sufficient, thriving colony. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Champlain was also a man who suffered his share of defeats and disappointments. That first permanent settlement was abandoned after a disastrous winter claimed the lives of half the colonists. His marriage to a child bride was unhappy and marked by long separations. Eventually Quebec had to be surrendered temporarily to the English in 1629. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this remarkable book, illustrated entirely with paintings, archival maps, and original artifacts, Christopher Moore brings to life this complex man and, through him, creates a portrait of Canada in its earliest days. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChamplain\u003c\/i\u003e is illustrated with archival maps and paintings. Additional artwork has been provided by Francis Back.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tundra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019275190512,"sku":"9780887766572","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780887766572_p0.jpg?v=1763851641","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780887766572","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}