Le pont Maurice Richard...............? Ben voyons ? ! ? ! ? Entre ses premières explorations golfe du Mexique (199-1601) et sa mort à Québec en 1635 Samuel de Champlain aura assumé plusieurs rôles dont ceux de: GRAND NAVIGATEUR, EXPLORATEUR, MILITAIRE, DIPLOMATE, CHRONIQUEUR, GÉOGRAPHE, GOUVERNEUR, FONDATEUR (QUÉBEC). Cet extrait de Champlains Dream par David Hackett (Simon & Schuster 2008) résumé très bien limmensité du personnag et de sa vision. ....Champlain was also a brilliant navigator. He went to sea as a boy and over time acquired the skills that allowed him to make twenty-seven Atlantic crossings without losing a ship. But we remember Champlain mainly as a great explorer. On foot and by ship and canoe, he traveled through what are now six Canadian provinces and five American states. Over more than thirty years he founded, colonized, and administered French settlements in North America. Sailing frequently between France and Canada, he maneuvered through court intrigue in Paris and negotiated among more than a dozen Indian nations in North America to establish New France. Champlain had early support from Henri IV and later Louis XIII, but the Queen Regent Marie de Medici and Cardinal Richelieu opposed his efforts. Despite much resistance and many defeats, Champlain, by his astonishing dedication and stamina, finally established Frances New World colony. He tried constantly to maintain peace among Indian nations that were sometimes at war with one another, but when he had to, he took up arms and forcefully imposed a new balance of power, proving himself a formidable strategist and warrior. Throughout his three decades in North America, Champlain remained committed to a remarkable vision, a Grand Design for Frances colony. He encouraged intermarriage among the French colonists and the natives, and he insisted on tolerance for Protestants. He was a visionary leader, especially when compared to his English and Spanish contemporaries -- a man who dreamed of humanity and peace in a world of cruelty and violence.
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