SHIPS to NOUVELLE FRANCE
1600 to 1609
Revised: April 12, 2004 Michel Robert        
Name Size Port of Call Voyage Notes Captain, Master Ref
        From To      
1600
  Gent (Vioget) 50 t. St-Malo St-Malo Tadoussac Trading with Amerindians. Jacques Lescuier master  
                 
1601
  Gent (Vioget) 50 t. St-Malo St-Malo Tadoussac Trading with Amerindians. Jacques Lescuier master  
  Fleur-de-Lys   Le Havre Le Havre Tadoussac May have gone to Tadoussac. Guillaume le Testu  
                 
1602
  Gent (Vioget) 50 t. St-Malo St-Malo Tadoussac Trading with Amerindians. Jacques Lescuier master  
  ---   Dieppe   Gaspé Sedentary fishing Nicolas Morel 85067
  Espérance 100 t.   Honlfeur Canada   Gion Diez, master  
  Don de Dieu 160 t.   Honlfeur Canada   Henry Coullard, master  
1603
  Catherine 140 t   Le Havre Sable Island To bring back the 11 survivors of LaRoche's expedition. Thomas Chefd'ostel captain  
  Bonne-Renommée 100 t.   Normandy Tadoussac Its long boat went up to the future site of Montréal. Crew includes: Champlain, Pierre de Chauvin sieur de La Pierre. Gravé, sieur de Pont, captain.  
                 
1604
  --- 220t Saint-Malo   Tadoussac Trading Guillaume A… 85072
  Don de Dieu 160 t.   Honfleur Canada   Thimottée Le Barbier, captain  
  --- ---     Acadia Confiscated by François Gravé in Acadia and brought back to Honfleur. Rossignol  
                 
1605
                 
1606
  Bonne-Renommée 100 t.   Dieppe Canada For trading. Nicolas Morel  
  Jonas 150 t   La Rochelle Canada For trading. Ship might have been renamed Baleine in April. Guillaume Fouges  
                 
1607
  Bonne-Renommée 100t   Le Havre Canada Returned to San Juan de Barrameda, Spain, after having suffered serious damages in many storms. Anthoine Bonnet, Bertrand Le Tournois, Daniel Caumont, crew members. Jehan Jacques Symon (lost in a boat near Tadoussac).  
  Don de Dieu 200 t. (?)   Le Havre Tadoussac Trading Jehan Vincent Master  
                 
1608
  Levrette 60 t   Normandy Tadoussac From Normandy to Tadoussac. From secondary source. Founding of Québec. Pierre de Chauvin sieur de La Pierre  
  Lévrier 80 t   Honfleur Tadoussac Ship of honfleur. From Honfleur to Tadoussac and Québec. François Gravé, sieur de Pont, on board. Founding of Québec. Nicolas Marion captain  
  Don-de-Dieu 120 t   Honfleur Tadoussac, Québec Samuel de Champlain is on board. Founding of Québec. Henri Couillard captain.  
  Courageuse 35 t   Le Havre Canada Seized with a load of contraband pelts on the coast of Canada by Captain Debrey of Saint-Malo, on order from De Guas, lieutenant of the King. Brought back to France. Master Jehan Bernard.  
  --- ---   Normandy Tadoussac (?) Daniel Caumont, passenger. Probably to Tadoussac. Daniel Caumont on board. Guérard Captain  
                 
1609
  Courageuse 35 t   Honfleur Canada Trading Nicolas Hervés, ex-pilot, now master.  
  François ---   Normandy Tadoussac, Canseau Trading F. Gravé, commander  
                 

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