I wasn’t happy with only drawing accurate maps. I wanted to do more exploring, especially in the New World, but needed to find a sponsor to help get me there. The King was supportive of me continuing to explore the New World and claiming of land for France. I was sponsored by the governor of Dieppe, France. I sailed with Francis Gravé, Sieur du Pont, a merchant and fur trader who I called Pont Gravé. I was given permission to explore the waterways and lands as I wanted. We set sail in March 1603 on the ship, La Bonne Renommée, and headed to the New World (now Eastern Canada). We arrived at the coast in early May, landing the ship at what is now Cape Diamond in Quebec. We had to switch to a smaller boat that could go into the shallow waters of the Saint Lawrence River and landed at the trading post of Tadoussac. I was welcomed by local tribes, called Montagnais. Through the use of interpreters, we promised to help fight the tribes’ enemies, the Iroquois. I hoped that that river would get me closer to the passage that I believed would run through North America to Asia (the Northwest Passage). I thought this because at that period of time, we didn’t know how large North America was. Soon, my search was stopped by the power of the St. Louis rapids. We climbed to the top of the rapids and didn’t see any way to go any further. I made an exact map of everything I had seen and observed. We went back to Tadoussac. I returned to France and wrote my second book Of Savages, or Voyage of Samuel de Champlain, of Brouage, made to New France in the Year 1603.
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