Champlain Tech: Naval and Military Technology of the 1609 Lake Champlain Expedition

by Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and Frederick M. Wiseman

Samuel de Champlain's voyage to Lake Champlain with sixty Indigenous companions in July, 1609, stood at a decisive corner in technological history. When Champlain confronted the Iroquois that summer 400 years ago, he bore body armor and sword at the culmination of nine hundred years of European technological development. He also carried the primitive gun that ended it all. His Native allies, with their highly developed rod and slat body armor, sophisticated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1448628954
• ISBN13: 9781448628957
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.2" x 7.0"