{"product_id":"champlain-book-christopher-moore-9780887766572","title":"Champlain","description":"One July day four hundred years ago, Samuel de Champlain stepped out of a small boat at Quebec and began a great adventure. So begins Christopher Moore's riveting account of the life of the extraordinary, daring father of New France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSamuel de Champlain helped found the first permanent French settlement in the New World; he established the village that eventually became the great city of Quebec; he was a skilled cartographer who gave us many of our first accurate maps of North America; he forged alliances with Native nations that laid the foundations for vast trading networks; and as governor, he set New France on the road to becoming a productive, self-sufficient, thriving colony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Champlain was also a man who suffered his share of defeats and disappointments. That first permanent settlement was abandoned after a disastrous winter claimed the lives of half the colonists. His marriage to a child bride was unhappy and marked by long separations. Eventually Quebec had to be surrendered temporarily to the English in 1629. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this remarkable book, illustrated entirely with paintings, archival maps, and original artifacts, Christopher Moore brings to life this complex man and, through him, creates a portrait of Canada in its earliest days. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChamplain\u003c\/i\u003e is illustrated with archival maps and paintings. Additional artwork has been provided by Francis Back.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49946304545041,"sku":"CIN0887766579G","price":4.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51167666897169,"sku":"CIN0887766579VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51602957173009,"sku":"CIN0887766579A","price":5.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0887766579.jpg?v=1786441823","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/champlain-book-christopher-moore-9780887766572","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}