Controversial 16th Century adventurer Samuel de Champlain penned two of history’s most captivating travel books, chronicling his exploration and mapping of much of the North American continent ...

When Samuel de Champlain undertook the voyages of 1605 ... Historian David Hackett Fischer, in his book "Champlain's Dream," devoted several pages to a discussion of the mystery and even alluded ...

A statue of Samuel de Champlain overlooks Lake Champlain in Plattsburgh. A Native American and a guideboat are below him on the pedestal. There are a number of factual errors on the statue ...

The 17th century French explorer Samuel de Champlain has long been lauded in Canadian history books as opening up Canada through his travels into the then unexplored interior of the country.