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29. Champlain and his mentor King Henry IV
Samuel de Champlain learned how to successfully lead from his mentor King Heny IV, the king of France from 1553 to 1610.
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28. Saintonge, the birthplace of Canada
“He who goes easy goes far” - Proverb of Saintonge.
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Book Two - Settlements
We enter a new era in the Canadian story. After a century of discovery, the 17th Century begins with serious attempts at establishing French and English…
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27 - Sir Martin Frobisher meets a young Samuel de Champlain in Brittany
Frobisher leads a successful assault on El Leon, a key Spanish fort in Brittany with the help of French troops, among whom was a young Samuel de…
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26. Frobisher’s final voyage to the Arctic
“The singular achievement of this new expedition was not so much that it met most of its objectives, but that it did so in the face of many strong…
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25. Sunk Cost Fallacy and Frobisher's 1577 voyage to the Arctic
Michael Lok believed a dubious opinion that the black rock from the Arctic contained gold. A second voyage was sent to Little Hall's Island to mine 200…
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24. Origins and history of the Inuit
Martin Frobisher unexpectedly met the Indigenous peoples who inhabited the Arctic. We need to understand who they were before continuing our story.
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23. Frobisher sails into the unknown
Martin Frobisher led his small fleet in search of the "Straight of Anian" only to experience a close encounter with the Inuit people of Frobisher Bay.
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The Story of Canada: Beyond Brant and Brock
The Story of Canada: Beyond Brant and Brock
The story of Canada from the time of John Cabot to Confederation in 1867.
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