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Audio Transcript of Isaac Jogues and Guillaume Couture (of Orléans, France; for France) 1642


Audio Transcript: The exploration of the Lake Champlain route to the Hudson River was begun in 1603 by Champlain and completed in the early 1640s. The first Europeans known to have reached the Mohawk Valley from the St. Lawrence were François Marguerie and Thomas Godefroy in February 1641 (while in Iroquois captivity). A clearer description of the route was obtained in August of the following year through Father Jogues and Guillaume Couture, also a voyage of Iroquois captivity. The knowledge obtained from these two journeys enabled Father Jogues and the engineer-cartographer, Jean Bourdon, to undertake a diplomatic mission to the Mohawk in May 1646, and to conduct a more thorough investigation of the geography of the Lake Champlain corridor.

Portrait of Isaac Jogues[D]
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Portrait of Isaac Jogues.

Photograph of the Statue of Guillaume Couture[D]
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Photograph of the Statue of Guillaume Couture

Source: Voiceovers by Kyle Rawn, Christian Wyss and LeeAnn McLellan, Algonquin College, Ottawa. Assistance provided by Don Crockford, Coordinator, Broadcasting Radio and Media Design Sector, Algonquin College.


Date Modified: 2003-10-15

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