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1592 - Born in Champigny-surMarne, France. French-born Canadian explorer. He was also known as The First Coureur de Bois.
1608 - Étienne Brûlé left his home in France and set sail for the new colony Quebec at the age of 16.
1615 - Champlain "discovered" Lake Huron, where he met his intrepid interpreter and gave him permission to go among the Andastes, to the south of the Iroquois country.
1616 - Brûlé later left the colony and returned to live with the Huron people.
1618 - Brûlé arrived back in the colony after an absence of thirty-four months. By his own account he was the first European to explore what is now the State of Pennsylvania.
1624 - Gabriel Sagard discredited Brûlé in Champlain's eyes. The Récollet friar denounced the wandering adventurer's loose morals, and disclosed moreover that Brûlé was playing a double game
1629 - When the British captured Quebec, Champlain believed that it was Brûlé who had guided them up the St. Lawrence River.
- Brûlé was viewed as a traitor.
1633 - Brûlé was killed by the Hurons while the colony was still under the English on June in New France (Canada).
1608 - Étienne Brûlé left his home in France and set sail for the new colony Quebec at the age of 16.
1615 - Champlain "discovered" Lake Huron, where he met his intrepid interpreter and gave him permission to go among the Andastes, to the south of the Iroquois country.
1616 - Brûlé later left the colony and returned to live with the Huron people.
1618 - Brûlé arrived back in the colony after an absence of thirty-four months. By his own account he was the first European to explore what is now the State of Pennsylvania.
1624 - Gabriel Sagard discredited Brûlé in Champlain's eyes. The Récollet friar denounced the wandering adventurer's loose morals, and disclosed moreover that Brûlé was playing a double game
1629 - When the British captured Quebec, Champlain believed that it was Brûlé who had guided them up the St. Lawrence River.
- Brûlé was viewed as a traitor.
1633 - Brûlé was killed by the Hurons while the colony was still under the English on June in New France (Canada).
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Etienne Brule, immortal scoundrel (Ryerson paperbacks) by James Herbert Cranston (Unknown Binding - May 18, 1969) |
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History of Brule's discoveries and explorations, 1610-1626;: Being a narrative of the discovery, by Stephen Brule of lakes Huron, Ontario and Superior; ... who was killed and eaten by savages by Consul Willshire Butterfield (Unknown Binding - May 18, 1974) |
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Michigan's pioneer of pioneers: The dramatic, tragic destiny of Etienne Brule--pronounced Bruley first white man in Michigan, first to explore Lake Superior by Louis H Burbey (Unknown Binding - May 18, 1987) |
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