{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6710134f1aff5e41d7eaa6a8/687870301b87f1639bd449f8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Enter Champlain","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6710134f1aff5e41d7eaa6a8/1758505918770-8c727d38-ae31-410c-bb81-971d7fb5ae70.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>There had been a few men with colonial ambitions from France but they had all ended in failure. Champlain starts his colonial career as an observer ready to learn some lessons from his predecessors. </p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/posts/out-of-my-zone-134282111?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Maple History Patreon</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sources:</p><p>Champlain's Dream by David Hacket Fischer</p><p>Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 vol.1 by Bryan D. Palmer</p><p>Natives and Newcomers: Canada's \"Heroic Age\" Reconsidered by Bruce Trigger</p><p>The Beginnings of New France 1524-1663 by Marcel Trudel</p>","author_name":"Christina Austin"}