Establishment of Nouvelle-France and First Missions
Toward the end of his reign, Henry IV of France started to look at the possibility of ventures abroad, with both North America and the Levant being among the possibilities.
In 1604, the French explorer Samuel de Champlain initiated the first important French involvement in Northern America He founded Port Royal as the first permanent European settlement in North America north of Florida in 1605, and the first permanent French establishment at Quebec in 1608.
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