Champlain and Cartier

Champlain and Cartier
Author: Cora Taylor
Publisher: Coteau Books
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781550503746

Jeremy's going on more amazing voyages, this time with both Canadian explorers Samuel de Champlain and Jacques Cartier, and also on what could be a deadly boat race in modern-day Australia. Jeremy is back home after a holiday in Toronto with his dad and his dad's new wife, and he's also back on his incredible travels into the past. All he has to do is pick up his grandfather's old magnifying glass, look at a stamp with a ship on it--and instantly he's on board! And he's got lots of reasons for wanting to escape. Since he went on his holiday, Jeremy's mom has a new boyfriend, Ike. It's her first boyfriend since she divorced Jeremy's father. Jeremy doesn't like Ike very much, but he could turn out to be Jeremy's new dad. In search of escape, Jeremy plunges into new shipboard adventures. He almost gets caught on board Samuel de Champlain's ship, during its 1606 trip up the St. Lawrence River. He witnesses Jacques Cartier's turbulent encounters in 1535 with Canada's original First Nations inhabitants. And, he nearly drowns on a yacht in the infamous Australian Sydney to Hobart race in 1998, during which five boats sink and six people die. Jeremy also runs into his own grandfather (as a young boy) and his own grandson, both travellers from their own times, and they help each other out of dangerous situations. Cora Taylor is one of Canada's best-known children's authors. She has published more than a dozen juvenile novels. Cora's Coteau titles include the very successful Ghost Voyages series and the Spy Who Wasn't There series, which includes Adventures in Istanbul and Murder in Mexico as well as her latest book, Chaos in China.

Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier
Author: Adam Woog
Publisher: Infobase Learning
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2013-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1438148577

Commissioned by King François I of France to claim new lands for the country, Jacques Cartier arrived in Newfoundland in 1534.

The Hero and the Historians

The Hero and the Historians
Author: Alan Gordon
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2010-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0774817437

This unique exploration of commemoration and memory traces Jacque Cartier’s evolving image over five centuries to show how changing notions of the past have shaped identity formation and nationalism in English- and French-speaking Canada.

The Pageant of Civilization

The Pageant of Civilization
Author: Frederic Blount Warren
Publisher:
Total Pages: 508
Release: 1927
Genre: Postage-stamps
ISBN:

Thematic collection of history on postage stamps, historical and cultural highlights.