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Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
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Samuel de Champlain
French explorer of North America (1574–1635)
Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, soldier, geographer, diplomat, and chronicler who founded Quebec City and established New France as a permanent French colony in North America.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
New France
Area colonized by France in North America
New France was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cardinal Richelieu
French statesman and clergyman (1585–1642)
Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu, commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religious affairs. He became known as the Red Eminence, a term derived from the style of Eminence applied…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)