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Samuel de Champlain

1567 - 1635

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Samuel de Champlain (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]; 13 August 1574 – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He made between 21 and 29 trips across the Atlantic Ocean, and founded Quebec City, and New France, on 3 July 1608. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel de Champlain has received more than 2,572,468 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Samuel de Champlain is the 50th most popular explorer (up from 54th in 2019), the 718th most popular biography from France (up from 753rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Explorer.

Samuel de Champlain is most famous for his exploration of the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River.

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  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Samuel de Champlain ranks 50 out of 498. Before him are Sven Hedin, Zhang Qian, Diego de Almagro, Jacob Roggeveen, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, and Robert Falcon Scott. After him are Giovanni da Verrazzano, Ernest Shackleton, Diogo Cão, William Adams, Hanno the Navigator, and Giovanni Battista Belzoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1567, Samuel de Champlain ranks 5. Before him are Claudio Monteverdi, Francis de Sales, Maurice, Prince of Orange, and Date Masamune. After him are Willem Schouten, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Jacques Clément, Sanada Yukimura, Eleanor de' Medici, Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, and Jacob van Heemskerck. Among people deceased in 1635, Samuel de Champlain ranks 3. Before him are Lope de Vega, and Wilhelm Schickard. After him are Jacques Callot, Şehzade Bayezid, Zacharias Janssen, Reza Abbasi, Elisabeth of Lorraine, Fakhr al-Din II, Joos de Momper, Friedrich Spee, and Domenico Tintoretto.

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In France

Among people born in France, Samuel de Champlain ranks 718 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490), Charles, Duke of Vendôme (1489), Robert Hossein (1927), Gilbert Bécaud (1927), Pierre Boulez (1925), and Nadia Boulanger (1887). After him are Michel Legrand (1932), Robert Bresson (1901), Jean Meslier (1664), Michèle Mercier (1939), Charlotte of Savoy (1441), and René Clair (1898).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Samuel de Champlain ranks 5. Before him are Jacques Cartier (1491), Jacques Cousteau (1910), Pytheas (-380), and Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729). After him are Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Jeanne Baret (1740), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), Jean Chardin (1643), and Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705).

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