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The Makers of Canada: Champlain

N. E. Dionne · 1905/1912

A biography of Samuel de Champlain by N. E. Dionne, read aloud by a LibriVox volunteer.

A later biography of Champlain, useful for learning about his life from a secondary source.

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N. E. Dionne, The Makers of Canada: Champlain, 1905/1912. LibriVox volunteer reading.

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What it is

This is an audio recording of The Makers of Canada: Champlain, a biography written by N. E. Dionne in the early 1900s. The version here is read aloud by a volunteer for LibriVox, a project that records free public-domain audiobooks.

Why it matters

The book tells the life story of Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer who founded Quebec and is often called the father of New France. It was written long after Champlain's death, drawing on earlier records and documents, so it is a secondary account rather than Champlain's own words.

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  • Why might a biography written centuries later differ from Champlain's own writings?
  • What choices did the author make about what to include in Champlain's story?
  • Remember that the voice you hear is a modern reader, not Champlain or Dionne.

This book is part of the curated material that grounds the AI version of Samuel de Champlain on Humy.ai — when students ask about related events, the AI can quote it and cite it.

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