Foreword
Preface
List of Maps and Illustrations
PART ONE. INTRODUCTION: SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN: BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE NEW WORLD
France and North America Before Champlain
Explorer, Cartographer, Diplomat, Enigma (Colonial Administrator)
Champlain's Legacy: Founder of New France?
PART TWO. THE DOCUMENTS
1. Explorer
1. Samuel de Champlain, On Exploring the Coast of Nurumbega (Maine), 1604
2. Samuel de Champlain, On Attempts to Visit the "Inland Sea" (Hudson's Bay), 1613
2. Navigator, Cartographer, and Illustrator
3. Guillemme Levasseur, A Map of the Atlantic Ocean, 1601
4. Samuel de Champlain, Map of the Atlantic Coast from Acadia to Nantucket Sound, 1607
5. Samuel de Champlain, detail from A Map of New France for the Literate Public, 1612
6. Samuel de Champlain, Map of 1613 (Document 6)
7. Samuel de Champlain, On the Duties and Skills of a Good Seaman, 1632
3. Witness to the Native American World
8. Samuel de Champlain, Renewing a Crucial Alliance Between the French and the Montagnais, May 1603
9. Samuel de Champlain, Observations and Mutual Incomprehension at Tadoussac, 1603
10. Samuel de Champlain, On the Founding of Québec, and Observations of the Montagnais Living Nearby, 1608
11. Samuel de Champlain, A Journey Into Iroquois Territory and a Battle at Lake Champlain, 1609
12. Samuel de Champlain, In Huronia—Observations and A Military Alliance, 1615-1616
4. Administrator and Diplomat
13. Samuel de Champlain, Two Ceremonies in Acadia: A Souriquois Funeral and the Order of Good Cheer, 1606-1607
14. Samuel de Champlain, On Mediating Struggles Over the Fur Trade, 1620
15. Samuel de Champlain, Conflict and Negotiations With the Natives, 1627
16. Samuel de Champlain, An English Blockade Threatens Québec's Survival, 1628
Appendixes
A Chronology of the Life of Samuel de Champlain (1523-1635)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Index