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Samuel de Champlain
A navigator and cartographer, Samuel de Champlain’s passion was for America, which he struggled to explore and have recognized. He still dreamed of reaching India, with its spices and its many riches, by continuing further to the West. But the land called New France – a harsh land from India – was h... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 11–15
Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: longtime Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King; Quebec premier and separatist René Lévesque; the explorer of Quebec, Samuel de Champlain; Nat... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Canadian Adventurers and Explorers Bundle: David Thompson / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / Samuel de Champlain / John Franklin / George Simpson / Phyllis Munday
by John Wilson • Kathryn Bridge • Tom Henighan • Jonathan Kaplansky • Francine Legaré • Tom Shardlow • D. T. LaheyPresenting six titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. Canada is a vast land with many remote regions to be explored. Among the intrepid explorers who travelled the wilderness and mapped Canada’s geography are: the French founder of Quebec, Samuel de... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 11–20
by Heather Kirk • Deborah Cowley • Lian Goodall • Marguerite Paulin • Francine Legaré • Gary Evans • Tom Shardlow • Anne Cimon • André VanassePresenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. <P><P>The important Canadian lives detailed here are: influential politicians Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and Premiers René Lévesque and Maurice Duplessis; intrepid explorers S... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle: Marshall McLuhan, Nellie McClung, René Lévesque and many more
by Edward Butts • John Wilson • Arthur Slade • Kathryn Bridge • Sharon Stewart • Roderick Stewart • Heather Kirk • Ged Martin • T. F. Rigelhof • Tom Henighan • Peggy Dymond Leavey • Nathan Tidridge • Rosemary Sadlier • Nicholas Maes • Ray Argyle • Julie H. Ferguson • Valerie Knowles • Deborah Cowley • Wayne Larsen • Michelle Labrèche-Larouche • Raymond Plante • Kate Braid • Judith Fitzgerald • Margaret Macpherson • Lian Goodall • Marguerite Paulin • Francine Legaré • Gary Evans • Tom Shardlow • Anne Cimon • André Vanasse • D. T. LaheyThis special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world. Some of these figures are truly famous, while others were quietly influential. Among the wide variety of people... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1812