The little fortified town of nearby Brouage has a claim to fame from several angles. One of its famous historical figures is Samuel de Champlain (1574 – 1635), the founder of Quebec and “Father of New France”. He was a navigator, a cartographer (he drew out the first accurate map of Canada), a politician, a mathematician and an explorer.
For this blog in full and more please see http://www.turquoisemoon.co.uk/blog/history-in-this-part-of-france-part-11/
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