Episode 11
35:06

Enter Champlain

Published July 17, 2025

There had been a few men with colonial ambitions from France but they had all ended in failure. Champlain starts his colonial career as an observer ready to lea...

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There had been a few men with colonial ambitions from France but they had all ended in failure. Champlain starts his colonial career as an observer ready to learn some lessons from his predecessors.

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Sources:

Champlain's Dream by David Hacket Fischer

Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 vol.1 by Bryan D. Palmer

Natives and Newcomers: Canada's "Heroic Age" Reconsidered by Bruce Trigger

The Beginnings of New France 1524-1663 by Marcel Trudel

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Episode Info
Episode
11
Duration
35:06
Published
July 17, 2025