1. Champlain
... from Jacques Cartier to the Sieur de Monts had all failed to leave any permanent mark. Champlain the visionary would change that history. He dreamed not only of adding a great domain to France but of bringing wealth through the fur trade and penetrating the mysteries of the huge continent. He persuaded the Sieur de Monts to write off his ventures and ... others were sent back to France in chains for punishment. If we compare Champlain with the other explorers and founders of that age he stands above them all in the range of his achievement. He was not only an explorer who brought light ...
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