After being missing for more than a decade — and believed to have been stolen — a centuries-old map that depicts 17th century Canada and New England has been returned to the Boston Public Library. The ...

A horseshoe crab. A lobster. A 6-month-old moose calf. A merganser. A bow and arrow. These were among the novelties that French explorer and mapmaker Samuel de Champlain brought back to France with ...

BOSTON (AP) - A centuries-old map compiled by French explorer Samuel de Champlain and believed to be among dozens stolen more than a decade ago from the Boston Public Library has been recovered, ...

Although often unheralded in accounts of Champlain's accomplishments, Indigenous Peoples played an important role in helping the famous explorer map New France “I had much conversation with them ...

A 403-year-old map documenting Samuel de Champlain's first voyages to New France and New England has been recovered, bringing to life one of the earliest European explorations of the region. The ...

The map showed Europeans a new continent of endless forests flanking a mighty river leading to an inland freshwater sea. Written on it, a small indigenous word: ‘Canadas’ You can save this article by ...

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Author/geographer Adam Shoalts delves into the history of Canada, and the fearlessness and ingenuity of its explorers. Perhaps none were as influential, and skilled at mapmaking, as Samuel de ...