CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE


Meaning of CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE in English

Champlain, Samuel de BrE AmE

(1567–1635) a French ↑ explorer and the first ↑ governor of French Canada. He ↑ explore d much of what is now Nova Scotia and established Quebec in 1608. He also was the first European to discover what is now called Lake Champlain.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.