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Drawn in 1609 by Marc Lescarbot, who was with Champlain at Port-Royal, this map represents the territories of Canada that had been explored at the time. The Saint Lawrence is called "Canada River" and there is a small settlement on the site that will become the city of Montréal.

Illustration: Marc Lescarbot,
Histoire de la Nouvelle-France (...), Paris, Jean Milot, 1609


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