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Descriptive - Samuel de Champlain, the discoverer of the lake, was born in Brouage, Saintonge, on the Bay of Biscay, in 1567, and died in Quebec, Canada, Dec. 25, 1635. He made several voyages to America, and in 1608 he founded the city of Quebec, and in July, 1609, he discovered the lake bearing his name.

Descriptive - Samuel de Champlain, the discoverer of the lake, was born in Brouage, Saintonge, on the Bay of Biscay, in 1567, and died in Quebec, Canada, Dec. 25, 1635. He made several voyages to America, and in 1608 he founded the city of Quebec, and in July, 1609, he discovered the lake bearing his name.

(Burlington, VT)
1909
Medium/TechniqueLithograph in black and sepia on card stock.
DimensionsVertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2015.9077
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ClassificationsPostcards
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)