Renaissance · North America · Exploration
1603
Champlain Maps Tadoussac Whales
1603
At the confluence of the Saguenay and the Saint Lawrence, Samuel de Champlain spent days observing beluga and minke whales for his journal, sketching their spouts and comparing notes with Innu hunters. French natural history was being written in the margins of exploration by a cartographer with a genuinely curious pen.
In context
Also in 1603 (5 other events on record)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu Named Shogun · East Asia · Politics
- Death of Elizabeth I · Europe · Politics
- James VI Becomes James I of England · Europe · Politics
- Champlain's First Voyage to the Saint Lawrence · North America · Exploration
- Akbar Commissions Final Histories · South Asia · Culture
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.